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Subject: Re: where are the difficult test positions ? please no positions that we

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 12:31:31 11/07/05

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On November 07, 2005 at 15:15:30, Paul Jacobean Sacral wrote:

>>It is not a good test position because Rxh5 is not the only way to win the game.
>>It is the simplest from human point of view but it is not important for games
>>and I believe that engines can win this position as white with different moves.
>
>Do you want engines to find the best moves? Or is any move which wins, equally
>good for you... (including very stupid simple moves)?
>
>I prefer the best moves! :)
>
>Yours truly Paul J. Sacral


      You are in principle right. On the other hand one
      should whenever possible avoid test positions in
      which there are different ways to win the game.
      Is it not very human like for an engine finding
      a win to no longer change its mind?
      Regards
      Kurt



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