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Subject: Re: A boring position

Author: Chris Welty

Date: 10:49:03 07/22/04

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On July 22, 2004 at 03:40:26, Peter McKenzie wrote:

>[D]1k1r3r/ppp1q1p1/4bp2/2p4p/3nPp2/1PNP1P2/P1PQB1PP/R3R2K b - -
>
>This position occurred in KnightCap-Warp in the Australasian Champs the other
>day.  Warp played the rather dim h4, when g5 seems like a much better option.
>After h4?! h3 black's chances of breaking through on the k-side have vanished.
>
>Do any other engines have this problem, or is it just some Warp specific brian
>damage?
>
>cheers,
>Peter

Altamax plays h4, but its midgame is pretty terrible. Probably because its
programmer is pretty terrible too. Why doesn't h4 work? h3 will lead to either
gxh3 or g3 fxg3 which both open a file.



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