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Subject: Re: Junior5's inability to see underpromotions.

Author: Matthew Herman

Date: 09:16:28 12/19/98

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On December 19, 1998 at 11:32:03, James T. Walker wrote:

>On December 19, 1998 at 10:58:38, Matthew Herman wrote:
>
>>Although amir ban didn't consider this important enough to include in Junior5
>>(nothing against him or his program .. its VERY strong), it is useful is certain
>>positions, albeit very few, but still important.. for instance the famous
>>endgame study w/ saaevedra .. W: Kc7, pc7 B: ka1 Rd4 .. white mates in 8 with
>>c8=R!! but junior5 cannot see this because of that limitiation.. obviously
>>promotion to a R is the ONLY way to win.. as c8=q is met by Rc4+!! and draws..
>>
>>Matt Herman
>>
>>I was wondering maybe if Amir could build a small patch that allows junior to
>>see this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>Hello Matt,
>Did you see my post on December 17 about the game Junior lost to Nimzo99a?
>Re:
>Junior 5.0 vs Nimzo 99a (Two under promotions) posted by James T. Walker on
>December 17, 1998 at 11:35:21:
>Jim Walker
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Yes I did.. this was basically kind of in response to that.
Secondly I AM NOT trying to find faults in junior5 or amir ban's style of
programming.

I didn't do this to assault or criticize him.. and yes Junior is an EXTREMELY
fast searcher.. frequently getting up to "21 ply" although I heard to get the
correct approximate of that you have to multiply by 2/3rds .. still 7 moves deep
is extremely deep as fritz only gets do about 11 ply or 12 in the same amount of
time..

Matt



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