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Subject: Re: Mystery - why b6?

Author: Vladimir Xern

Date: 12:14:26 05/29/05

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On May 29, 2005 at 14:45:57, stuart taylor wrote:

>On May 29, 2005 at 13:44:31, Jack Lad wrote:
>
>>[d] 8/8/P3kp2/1PR4p/4bp1P/2K3P1/8/8 w
>>
>>1.gxf4 is better and leads to a quicker win than 1.b6 so why do engines prefer
>>the latter?  Or maybe your engine doesn't - let me know please.
>
>2 questions here.
>1). Are the engines right?
>2). If not, what makes them do it?
>comments on Q.1). Maybe with 5 or 6 piece endgame tablebasses, they would play
>different? Or are we talking about the top engines and all of them? Do computers
>not give good follow up when prodded?
>
>Comments on Q.2). We should know how to correct this innacuracy, andsimilar
>ones. It might make a critical difference in some situations.
>
>S.Taylor

As to question one, they are right somewhat.  The move b6 is a mate in 11, gxf4
is a mate in 10. Therefore, the position isn't a very good one to test with.



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