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Subject: Re: avoid move position

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 01:45:38 03/17/04

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On March 17, 2004 at 03:36:44, Will Singleton wrote:

>On March 16, 2004 at 23:27:05, Jon Dart wrote:
>
>>From a game Amateur-Arasan:
>>
>>[D] r1br3k/1p3pp1/p1n1pn1p/2b1N3/Pq1P4/2N3B1/BP1Q1PPP/3RR1K1 b - -
>>
>>Nxe5 is the right capture .. avoid Rxd4.
>>
>>--Jon
>
>Odd position, because some strong programs can't see the problem with Rxd4.  For
>example, Chessmaster takes over 2 minutes to figure it out, Yace takes 3
>minutes, while weaker progs like mine see it right away.  Might have something
>to do with the treatment of null moves in king-attack sequences.
>
>Will

Or maybe it is an evaluation question.

Movei rejects Rxd4 relatively fast to chessmaster or yace but for positional
reasons and the score after Rxd4 is less than +1 for white.

Uri



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