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Subject: Re: Shredder 9 cannot find a easy win in the endgame - Test !

Author: Eduard Nemeth

Date: 12:05:15 06/05/05

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On June 05, 2005 at 14:45:37, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On June 05, 2005 at 12:53:45, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>
>>[D]6n1/3p4/8/1P1Pk1n1/4P3/B5K1/8/8 w - -
>>
>>b6! wins easy, but S9 cannot find it!!!
>
>
>      Interesting example to demonstrate that there
>      are situations where too much pruning may be
>      worse. On the other hand: all other engines
>      which find the move b5-b6 within seconds have
>      almost no chance to win a match vs Shredder 9.
>      The overall playing strength of a program is
>      more important than a single position which
>      can't be solved -:)
>      Kurt

In my opinion S9 should not only ENG-ENG games win, he should be good for home -
and endgame analysis too! ;)



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