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Subject: Re: Endgame Moves -- the other shoe

Author: blass uri

Date: 22:08:03 03/12/99

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On March 12, 1999 at 22:22:32, Howard Exner wrote:

>On March 12, 1999 at 16:12:58, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>For these two which crafty failed:
>>5k2/p6p/2p1p3/2p3p1/2Pb2P1/P2P4/7P/6BK w - -
>
>This I think is a tough one for computers. Here is a sample drawing line
>for white:
>
>1. Bxd4 cxd4 2. Kg2 Ke7 3. Kf3 Kd6 4. Ke4 Kc5 5. Kf3 e5 6. Ke4 Kd6 7. Kf3
>Ke6 8. Ke4 *
>
>Bxd4! plugs up the entry point for black's king. In the actual game
>black penetrated and won.

Genius3 after 29 minutes and 14 seconds on pentium100(15 Mb hash tables) at
depth 16/28 wants to play Bxd4 with evaluation of -0.72

The evaluation at depth 17/29 after 35 minutes and 45 seconds is -0.75 and again
it rejects Kg2.

Uri



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