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Subject: Re: Rebel 10 is the only program I have that finds this Move.

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 00:20:09 03/04/99

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>Posted by odell hall on March 03, 1999 at 21:30:46:
>
>Hi CCC
>
> In my game against Worf on ICC, I sacrificed a bishop which was critizized by
>worf after the game as being unsound! My intuition told me that it was correct,
>after the game I checked with hiarcs6, and fritz5 to see if they would play the
>move.  Neither program Found it after five minutes.  I was sure that if fritz5,
>a tactical genius could not find the move, I thought I was wasting my time
>trying rebel. To my shock Rebel found the move quite easily in 1 minute 16
>sec.
>Here is the position
>
>r2q3r/pp1k1pb1/3p3p/3P3n/5Bbp/2N5/PPPQN1P1/2K2R1R w - - id allworld - WORF; bm
>f4d6;
>
>
>  This goes to show that computers are as diverse as humans in the moves they
>decide upon.

Note that Rebel10.0c with "System Tiger" does do an even better job. It picks
the sacrifice after 5 seconds (about a pawn up) and sticks to the move.

Ed Schroder



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