Author: Howard Exner
Date: 21:07:34 11/10/98
I just finished playing over some of the games that I had previously missed. Thanks for posting all 24 games. I have a few questions on some of the positions. This endgame was reached and Junior did not play Kxh6 for about 18 moves, preferring to dally around with Rook moves. Is this due maybe to the use of one machine, since there are no hash hits made possible. Or is this just one of those quirky blindspots that are common to all chess programs for certain positions? 8/7k/7P/r7/5K2/8/8/8 b - - id Fritz 5.00/16Bit - Junior 5.0; bm Kxh6; This position is from round 15. The win still might be problematic for black. I'd be curious how the two programs might have battled this one out. 8/2B3bk/2R5/5p1p/6r1/7K/8/8 w - - id Fritz 5.00/16Bit - Junior 5.0; One last position caught my eye. Instead of Bg2 as played in the game, Kxc5 is a more practical try for a win. It is still a draw but white can go astray by marching up the h pawn with the idea of winning black's bishop. The King would however wander too far astray and allow black to queen and win. This could be a neat position to play against your computer programs. Play 1. Kxc5 Kxf4 2. Bd1 or Bh5 and see what plan your program adopts for white. My guess is most will not fall for the trap of winning the bishop and will head off disaster by moving the white king back to the Queenside at some point. 8/1pB5/p1p5/2P3K1/3k1p2/P4b1P/8/8 b - - id Fritz 5.00/16Bit - Junior 5.0; bm d4c5;
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