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Subject: Re: Chess Tigers problem (Bug / Blunder)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 17:12:29 12/19/04

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On December 19, 2004 at 19:23:57, James T. Walker wrote:

>On December 19, 2004 at 19:04:09, Kim Roper Jensen wrote:
>
>>On December 19, 2004 at 18:59:31, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>Maybe you did not read my post closely.  I'm fairly sure if you just paste the
>>>position into Tiger it will not play Bxa3.  It appears it was only played to
>>>avoid the 50 move rule since any other move at 97.  will be a draw by the 50
>>>move rule.
>>>Jim
>>
>>The analysis pasted also shows Bxa3 - it takes about 1 minute to select the
>>draw. So I thought that the lack of time could be the problem.
>
>Hello,
>I see your point.  The game was G/5min by Chess Tiger 15 and on my XP2400+ it
>takes about 4 minutes to change it's mind to Kf4. So I'm still baffeled by
>whether it's a bug or a blunder or what.  Just seems like strange behavior to
>me.
>Jim

The problem seems to be overevaluating protected passed pawns in the 7th and
tiger believes that white is better after sacrificing the bishop.

Uri

Uri



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