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Subject: Re: Fegatello test (or trap?)

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 20:26:06 12/11/03

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On December 11, 2003 at 08:29:15, Claude Le Page wrote:

>I submitted to some engines a line that is known since 400 years:
>1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5
>I was surprised to see that most of them answer 5...Nxd5 whereas it is known
>since Polerio that this move is bad after 6 Nxf7 or  d4 exd4 7 O-O


Playing this line reasonably is largely a matter of luck for a comp, since they
cannot search the position deeply enough to sort it all out. 6.d4 is a good
move. 6.Nxf7 is more coffeehouse. It might win games, but it is not good chess.
That might make it seem practical, but not when 6.d4 is available.


>of the CB native engines , only shredder7 , junior7 ,and junior8 pass the
>test (they play Na5 , Nd4 or b5 that are the "regular" answers ),and that a
>"modern" engine as Hiarcs9 behaves like the obsolete ones
>if these engines (out of book!) behave like this , what confidence can one have
>in analyses by such engines ?
>Friendly Yours
>Claude Le Page



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