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Subject: Re: Can your (amateur) prog solve this?

Author: James Robertson

Date: 00:26:19 02/18/99

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On February 18, 1999 at 02:29:22, Will Singleton wrote:

>On February 18, 1999 at 02:21:36, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>On February 18, 1999 at 00:50:41, Will Singleton wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Here's a position that occurred between Amateur and Fortress on fics.  Amateur,
>>>as white, played dxe5, which seems to lose.  It would be interesting to see if
>>>any of the amateur programs out there will avoid playing dxe5.
>>>
>>>1r1qr1k1/1pp3p1/5p1p/p2ppb2/2nPnB2/PQP2NP1/2P1PPBP/3R1RK1 w - -
>>>
>>>
>>>Will
>>
>>
>>My program likes Bc1 until ply 7, when it favors dxe5 with an eval of -0.62. At
>>ply 9, this changes to -0.28, with a very wild pv.
>>
>>James
>
>Hi James,
>
>Sounds like your program is about ready for prime time.  Did you finally get a
>fics account?  I'd like to play a few.

:( No FICS account. I'm trying to register an ICC account, but I have to pay
before they let me play (I have a geocities email, and they don't like that).

James

>
>Your eval at ply 9 indicates it probably doesn't see the upcoming problems, same
>as mine.
>
>Will



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