Author: blass uri
Date: 03:31:10 01/11/99
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On January 11, 1999 at 05:18:58, Howard Exner wrote: >On January 10, 1999 at 11:25:14, Matthew Herman wrote: > >>I was using the epd from the position posted, not the game.. > >Yes, that is what I posted to Michael Fitch, that you were using my epd >position. > >>I didn't say the >>knight COULDN't get to f6 but I said it would take some work.. > >That's correct, sorry I used the word "couldn't". >Your quote is below ... > >"By the way .. in this position it isn't so easy to get the knight to f6 .. (the >Bishop goes to f5 and the k to e7 and it is really hard to penetrate from >there." > >>as obviously to >>get to a dark color square it most goto a light square and obviously the bishop >>might be able to stop that.. it probably wont be able to but it might.. >>my >>contention is that it is NOT a piece of cake.. but it does take accurate moves. > >That is what I was hoping for in giving this position. That without deep >calculating, would some programs give themselves a head start on this position >by implementing knowledge of the strong knight vs weak bishop. Looks like >the author of Phallanx implementing such knowledge. Humans would glance at this >position and I think immediately assess that white has a comfortable edge. I found that all the programs that I tried gave white an advantage and not only Phallanx. Uri
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