Author: Geert van der Wulp
Date: 06:06:01 03/02/04
Hi to all, Yesterday eve I held a match between Fritz 7 and Crafty 19.10. It came to a (completely drawn endgame) with Bishops of opposite colors, and 4 pawns each. Both also had 1 doubled pawn. If any of the two Kings abandonned his pawns, then at least one of them would be grabbed. The pawns were all blocking each other. (I deleted the game unfortunately). None of the two programs had a real plan, but Fritz did not see the equality of the position. Crafty's evaluation changed from +0.15 (advantage to Fritz) to 0.00 in a few moves. Fritz however continued to believe that it was better with +0.50 (for no particular reason as far as I could see) and wanted to continue the play, even though he had no plan at all. He just wanted to walk around in circles with his King, and move his Bishop around the board aimlessly. Why was Crafty able to see that there was no way to win, whereas Fritz did not seem to have a clue? Regards, Geert
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