Author: Stuart Cracraft
Date: 08:39:45 10/09/04
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On October 09, 2004 at 07:42:56, David B Weller wrote: >Uri, > >I too use wacnew [mostly for bug/error detection] > >I think that, since so many are solving wac141 without trouble, it implies there >may be some particular deficiency in ga that needs addressing. > >GES has difficulty with finding Qg2+ in WAC.163. I dont know why. > >[D] 5rk1/2p4p/2p4r/3P4/4p1b1/1Q2NqPp/PP3P1K/R4R2 b - - > >It may be, in both GES and ga, that we have an imbalance or disproportionate >extensions applied??? > >Or, maybe it is something else. But the fact that these positions are so readily >solved by others seems to suggest that possibly there is a bug/error someplace. > >The closest thing to a 'magic bullet' in chess programming is bug elimination - >IMHO > >-David Something's obviously wrong with our programs and nobody's sharing so far has revealed what we need to fix. I'll raise my offer to $50 for the first person to help get wac 141 under 1 second without recaptures and with either mate threat or botvinnik-markoff or some other method that can be left in the regular search and does not terribly hurt the current score of 246 on wac overall. Just think -- you could make a donation to Steve!
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