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Subject: Re: petition request for Andrew Williams

Author: Duncan Roberts

Date: 12:41:09 01/08/05

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On January 07, 2005 at 17:12:37, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 07, 2005 at 10:33:39, Duncan Roberts wrote:
>
>>On January 07, 2005 at 10:02:15, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On January 07, 2005 at 08:12:52, Duncan Roberts wrote:
>>>
>>>If there would be material win for white within say 60 plies of search from
>>>openings position then:
>>>  a) it would have been found already if winning for white by GM's and
>>>especially by corr players.
>>
>>as only a small percentage of the positions possible withion 60 plies have been
>>analysed by gms' it is by no means impossible that they have missed something
>>
>>
>> Hell, even Uri Blass with his autistic logics could
>>>figure it out.
>>>  b) when not winning for white black has some real great compensation
>>>     perhaps black has a mate in 2 or something which my evaluation sees
>>>     tens of plies in advance but your 60 ply beancounter will miss it
>>>  c) a 60 ply material only search will reveal nothing significant as the
>>>position is only evaluated by material.
>>
>>well if there is a pawn to be taken in 60 plys, there is a good chance that the
>>60 ply search will reveal it. It is useful to know that. black may or may not
>>have compensation, but if you do not try you will not know.
>
>I can also add that there is a good chance that 60 plies search with null move
>pruning will not detect pawn win in 60 plies and even will not detect pawn win
>in 50 plies.
>
>Uri

Do you agree with dann that there is more than even chance that null move
pruning will find any material capture. care to hazard a guess about the
percentage chance range null move is likely find the material loss.

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duncan



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