Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Endgame Moves

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 16:55:22 03/11/99

Go up one level in this thread


On March 11, 1999 at 07:38:57, blass uri wrote:

>
>On March 11, 1999 at 05:11:59, Howard Exner wrote:
>
>
>
>>8/8/8/6kP/8/r7/2K5/8 b - - id Shredder 3 - Junior 5; am Kh6;
>
>This is not a good test position because Junior5's move is also winning more
>slowly.
>
>Junior5 knows the 50 move rule so there is no chance for draw against it from
>this position.
>
>Uri

Isn't the move played by Junior senseless? I posted this so that someone might
explain why Junior does not play the staight forward Kxp. If you play over this
game Junior takes quite awhile to take the pawn. Since it has to eventually
be taken why not immediately? Is it a bug in the program?



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.