Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:44:35 11/08/03
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On November 08, 2003 at 12:32:10, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 07, 2003 at 01:43:54, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>hxg5 loses, and Hiarcs found out a few moves later. >> >>This is from a game I played against Hiarcs 9 on Sept. 6, 2003. >> >>[D]r1b2rk1/4bpp1/pqpppn1p/6B1/4P2P/1BN5/PPP1QPP1/2KR3R b - - 0 13 >> >> >>Shredder 7 and 7.04 refuses the sac but doesn't really know the danger, as it >>thought after I made it play hxg5 it was a bit ahead, then a move or two later >>failed low. >> >>Terry > > >Try Crafty. It will _never_ consider that capture, even at a 1-ply >search. :) > >I tested it to be sure. NO hxg5 ever shows up. What is the first node that it searches if it is not hxg5? Most programs start searching winning captures if they have no move in the hash tables and most programs define hxg5 as a winning capture. Uri
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