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Subject: Re: New Win at Chess cook

Author: Dan Newman

Date: 21:13:31 03/03/99

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On March 02, 1999 at 23:09:26, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>In case you didn't see my note on r.g.c.c, for those of you using win at chess
>still, crafty found another 'cook' today.  I was running this test just as a
>'sanity test' on new changes, and at 30 secs/position, normally I get 299/300
>correct.  But in this run, I got 298. Investigation showed that it was now
>missing 146, where the correct move is Bc8.  A look at an old log showed
>Bc8 very quickly with a score of +9, but a look at the new log showed Bd3 with
>a score of +20.  I let it run a bit longer and Bd3 leads to a mate in 51 via
>tablebases.  So there are two 'winning' moves.  This 'change' came about by
>adding all the new tablebase files from Eugene.
>
>Interesting stuff..
>
>
>here is the output:
>
>log.003:               15     1:56  Mat51   1. Bd3 f2 2. c5 Ke3 3. cxd6 Kxd3
><EGTB>
>log.003:               15->   2:08  Mat51   1. Bd3 f2 2. c5 Ke3 3. cxd6 Kxd3
><EGTB>
>
>
>I'd claim any move leading to a forced mate is an adequate solution.  :)
>
>Bob

Hey, neat!  Now the question is, should I add this to my copy of WAC...
I just tried mine out on 146, and it likes Bd3 almost from the start and
holds it for 50 s till it fails high on Bc8.  Of course it has no idea
that Bd3 is any good -- just the least of several evils.

-Dan.



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