Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:00:40 02/27/04
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On February 27, 2004 at 17:28:25, Matthew Hull wrote: >This seems to be a "dumb" horizon effect where the book draw is avoided, yet >there is no chance to win anyway. I've seen other programs fall into this. >Does crafty handle this any better? You will have to explain more about what happened. IE I don't know what Crafty played from book, and from search, nor what its scores showed. Against humans, I play a pretty wide book, to give variety. When winning is important, or when playing computers, I reduce this variability a whole lot. Playing a wide book can lead to strange things... > > > >[Event "ICS Rated Blitz match"] >[Site "www-eds-proxy.sabre.com"] >[Date "2004.02.27"] >[Round "-"] >[White "pathologist"] >[Black "crafty"] >[Result "*"] >[WhiteElo "2832"] >[BlackElo "2795"] >[TimeControl "300+3"] > >1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. >Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rxd5 Bd6 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. >Qd2 Be6 15. Ra5 Rxb2 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qd3 a3 18. Rxa6 Bf5 19. Rxd6 Bxd3 >20. Rc6 Rxc2 21. Rxc7 Rb8 22. h4 h5 23. Re1 Rbb2 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Re3 Bg6 >26. Rf3 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Rxa2 28. Nxa2 Rxc7 29. Rxa3 Rc4 30. d5 Rxh4+ 31. Kg1 >Rd4 32. Ra5 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd2 34. Nc3 Kh6 35. Rc5 Rxf2 36. d6 Rd2 37. Rd5 >Rxd5 38. Nxd5 Bf5 39. Nb6 Kg5 40. d7 Bxd7 41. Nxd7 Kf4 42. Kh3 g6 43. Nf8 >Kg5 44. Nh7+ Kf5 45. Kh4 Kf4 46. Nf6 Kf5 47. Ng8 Kf4 48. Ne7 Ke3 49. Nc8 >Kf4 50. Ne7 g5+ 51. Kxh5 Kg3 52. Nf5+ Kxg2 53. Kxg5 Kf2 54. Kf6 Ke2 55. Ne7 >Kd2 56. Nd5 Kc2 57. Nb4+ Kb3 58. Nd3 Kc2 59. Nc5 Kb2 60. Nd7 Kc2 61. Ne5 >Kb2 62. Nc6 Kc2 63. Ne5 Kb2 64. Ng4 Kc2 65. Kf5 Kb2 66. Nf6 Kc2 67. Nd5 Kb2
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