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Subject: Re: Zappa 1.1

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 04:59:45 09/15/05

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On September 15, 2005 at 07:21:19, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On September 15, 2005 at 06:43:22, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On September 15, 2005 at 06:26:30, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>
>>>On September 15, 2005 at 04:30:38, Mark Young wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 14, 2005 at 17:05:59, Ernst Walet wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Because Zappa 1.1 is SMP and 64 bit, I gave it a try and was pleasant suprised.
>>>>>One of my favourite chess positions is this one, where Kasparov played Rxd4.
>>>>>How do other engines do? If your engine finds it please give it a couple of more
>>>>>plies to see if it holds it.
>>>>
>>>>The better test for the engine in this position, is to see when the program see
>>>>that Rxd4 is not winning. Since Rxd4 is only a draw with best play.
>>>>This is why many programs will not play Rxd4, or drop the move with a longer
>>>>search.
>>>
>>>1. Rxd4 cxd4 2. Re7+ Kb6 3. Qxd4+ Kxa5 4. b4+ Ka4 5. Ra7 Bb7 6. Rxb7 Qxd5 7. Rb6
>>>1-0
>>
>>I always thought that simply 1. .. Kb6 was never refuted?
>
>You are absolutely right, missed that one. But I would like to see the engine
>that plays 1..Kb6
>
>Hmmm...

I have had the following screenshot up for ages:

http://www.sjeng.org/sshot2.png

--
GCP



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