Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 08:27:43 03/31/05
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On March 31, 2005 at 11:00:11, F. Huber wrote: >On March 31, 2005 at 10:09:48, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>On March 31, 2005 at 09:54:46, F. Huber wrote: >> >>>On March 31, 2005 at 09:39:52, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>> >>>> Personally, I am not at all interested in how >>>> fast a "normal" chess program does solve >>>> a chess problem with mate in X but much more >>>> interested in seeing the performance of an >>>> engine in practical chess positions (positions >>>> that can happen in a game). For chess problems >>>> we can use the special programs. And so it does >>>> not bother me if Shredder should need a lot of time >>>> to find the solution in the given position :-) >>>> Kurt >>> >>>Hello Kurt, >>> >>>"practical chess positions (positions that can happen in a game)"? >>>Would you say, a position with mate in X can _not_ happen in a game? >>>Have you really never _mated_ your opponent (or have been mated by him)? >>> >>>A quite strange opinion - IMO. ;-) >>> >>>Regards, >>>Franz. >> >> Hello Franz >> For your better understanding I should perhaps >> have stated "realistic" and "unrealistic" >> chess positions. >> Regards >> Kurt > >Hello Kurt, > >that won´t change anything - look at the #5 position in the posting at the >start of this thread: is this "unrealistic"? Not at all IMO! > >And the same is true for lots of mate problems, although of course there >exist also many mate puzzles, which are absolutely ´constructed´ and so >(in your words) "unrealistic". >But isn´t the _main_ goal of chess some ´mate in X´? No, the main goal is to force resignation of your opponent. >So almost every won (or lost) game ends up in such a ´mate in X´ - >and that´s absolutely "realistic"! :-) > >Regards, >Franz. Kurt is absolutely right.The solution is not realistic at all. 1.Kh5 is _not_ the best move in this position in human chess, 1.Bxd5+ is. Why? It wins the game ímmediately since any decent chessplayer would resign in no time in view of 1...Kxd5 2.Ne3+. Michael
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