Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 09:43:58 09/15/05
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On September 15, 2005 at 07:59:45, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >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 Yep, mine plays it too. Ed
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