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Subject: Re: Only fruit finds the draw in this position

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 04:09:03 09/22/05

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On September 22, 2005 at 07:00:13, Paul Jacobean Sacral wrote:

>On September 22, 2005 at 05:39:07, Mahesh Jeswin wrote:
>
>>Only Fruit 2.1 seems to find the draw in this position without egtb.
>>Any other engine comes close to finding the draw ?
>>
>>[D] 7k/7P/8/6N1/7K/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
>
>I didn't find any! Good test position. At least engines which do not use egtb in
>the search, should probably have code for that type of position, or a "no
>progress" rule. Engines quickly reach depths of 20+ in this position. With a
>material balance of +4 and no progress at all after 20 plies, it is most
>probably a dead draw. I think that could be a "safe" rule, if the opponent has
>only the king (maybe even 10 plies are enough already, in those cases).
>
>Yours truly Paul J. Sacral

Fruit does not see 0.00 and I am surprised that it can see close to 0.00 score

New game,
7k/7P/8/6N1/7K/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fruit 2.1:

1.Kg3
  ²  (0.35)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
1.Kg4
  ²  (0.36)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00

Note that Fruit2.0 is even better here and can see 0.00 score

New game,
7k/7P/8/6N1/7K/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fruit 2.0:

1.Kg3
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00

I did not know that fruit had that knowledge because I did not think that it is
an engine that has special knowledge for a case that almost never happen
considering the fact that it has no big evaluation.

Uri



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