Author: Mark Young
Date: 04:03:21 11/11/98
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On November 11, 1998 at 06:31:39, Amir Ban wrote: >On November 11, 1998 at 00:07:34, Howard Exner wrote: > >>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? >> > >The latter is true. It's an evaluation anomaly that works against capturing the >pawn. There's a mechanism that kicks in after a few moves that keeps this from >going on indefinitely. > > >>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. >> > >This looks too early to adjudicate indeed. Yes I was force to end this one early, We had severe thunderstorms coming in that day. I gave junior 5 the win, but it was a bit early I agree. Fritz 5 has no chance to win this game, so at best 1/2 point + or - will not change the match outcome to any great degree. > >Amir
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