Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 06:58:13 02/04/04
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On February 04, 2004 at 09:50:40, Harald Faber wrote:
>On February 04, 2004 at 06:20:53, Thorsten Czub wrote:
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>>On February 04, 2004 at 00:35:34, Harald Faber wrote:
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>>>You know the answer. Bxh6 is no forced win. It is speculative.
>>
>>and ?!
>>all chess games are speculative.
>>NO chess program KNOWS if the moves work or not,
>>they all have thesis, and the opponent tries to refute it.
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>
>Well, in general if a program plays a sac it does work - except CSTal and Junior
>7 of course. :-)
>
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>>>This time it
>>>worked in the end. Maybe some other program would have defended better and draw
>>>or even won with black.
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>>
>>maybe. which move do you want to try out ?
>>
>>14...Qc7 {-0.30/18} 15. Bxh6 gxh6 {-0.40/15} 16. Qxh6 Rfd8 {-0.54/16}
>>17.Rd3 Nh7 {0.00/17} 18.f4 Bf8 {0.01/18} 19.Rg3+ Kh8 {0.01/18} 20. Qh5 Rab8
>>{0.35/17} 21.f5 exf5 {0.85/16} 22.Rf1 Rd7 {0.84/19} 23.Rxf5 f6 {0.84/18}
>>
>>which move do you want to change ??
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>
>I haven't had the time yet to look at it in detail. That is why I asked that
>question myself. ;-)
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>> All in all the clear majority of CSTal's sacs do NOT
>>>work...
>>
>>as long as they work against champs :-)) on 40/120 :-)))
>>it is ok for me :-))
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>
>I prefer programs refuting 9 out of 10 sacs. ;-)
>That is the real ratio. (At least) 9 out of 10 sacs played by CSTal do not work.
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>>the program was designed to bluff.
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>Then it is a program for kids.
. . . of all ages. : )
Bob D.
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>
>>CSTal is a dreamer.
>>it creates plans and ideas.
>>
>>in this case very obvious ideas (from the point of view of a human beeing).
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>
>It is not that easy. You need resources to continue a successful attack. The
>queen alone is not enough to mate. And resources are far away and take some time
>to reach the battlefield. So you have to calculate very precisely. Or just hope
>that it works, but this is non-professional.
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