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Subject: Re: Crafty 19.12 at 40/2hrs {Quite long --> The games}

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:12:48 05/11/04

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On May 11, 2004 at 03:01:10, Uri Blass wrote:
[snip]
>I do not understand this evaluation because it seems to contradict the pv.
>
>List plans to allow Crafty repetition of the root position if you change
>Crafty's Nf6e4 that is written in the pv  to Qc7b7 but still evaluates the
>position as positive for itself.
>
>I think that the evaluation should be at most 0.00 if the opponent can force
>repetition of the root position against your plan.

Beyond the first few plies, a pv is a wild guess.  Beyond the stated search
depth, a pv is wild speculation (often based on SEE).  It is not unusual to see
a pv by a top chess program have a checkmate sign in it, and have the score
nowhere close to a checkmate.

Consider these trajectories, the analyzed ce estimate, and the termination of
the pv:

[D]r2q1rk1/p2bppbp/3p1np1/1p6/3BP2P/1BN2P2/PPPQ2P1/R3K2R b KQ - acd 12; ce 2; pv
a5 h5 Nxh5 Bxg7 Kxg7 g4 Nf6 Qh6+ Kh8 Nd5 a4 Nxf6 axb3 Nxd7 Qxd7 Qxh7#; pm a5; id
"C.A.P. 693585";

[D]r3nrk1/1bqnbppp/p3p3/1p2p3/3N1P2/2N1BBQ1/PPP3PP/3R1RK1 w - - acd 13; ce 17;
pv Bxb7 Qxb7 fxe5 b4 Nce2 Rd8 Bg5 Bxg5 Qxg5 Nc7 Qe7 Nxe5 Nxe6 Rxd1 Qxf8#; pm
Bxb7; id "C.A.P. 969232";



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