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Subject: Re: Hunting Hydra

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 04:09:54 06/30/05

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On June 29, 2005 at 16:44:58, Sandro Necchi wrote:

>On June 29, 2005 at 12:19:48, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>>On June 28, 2005 at 15:37:12, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>do you remember when we lost to Junior in 2001 WCCC (I think) a won game only
>>>because the program understimated a passed pawn?
>>>
>>
>>What passed pawn? You mean king safety. This should refresh your memory.
>
>Here are the comments to refresh your memory. The king safety comes at the very
>end.
>
>The problem is not correct use of passed pawns and pieces exchange on these
>situations.
>

This game is about king safety, and nothing else. Junior was able to get out of
very bad position and go on to win, by capitalizing on the fact that Shredder
did not sense that his king was in danger, until it was too late (at one point,
Shredder failed low from +6 to 0, maybe the biggest fail-low in WCCC history).

Before that, Junior had already for several moves level or plus scores, based on
its evaluation of the king attack.

So the only way passed pawns may be connected to this is if Shredder made the
mistake of thinking they are relevant here. Junior certainly didn't.

Amir



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