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Subject: Re: hard test position for computer programs

Author: blass uri

Date: 03:47:51 05/05/99

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On May 05, 1999 at 04:59:53, Harald Faber wrote:

>On May 05, 1999 at 04:16:28, blass uri wrote:
>
>>r1b2rk1/pp2nppp/2n1p3/q1ppP1B1/3P2QP/P1P5/2P1NPP1/R3KB1R b KQ h3 0 1
>>
>>This position is from a game between Rebel8 and Saitek Sparc(1996)
>>
>>Saitek Sparc like other programs falled in a trap and played 10...Nxd4
>>
>>Can your  program avoid 10...Nxd4.
>
>I don't have them here at work (it wouldn't help, CM doesn't run in NT) but I
>guess the only programs "smelling" the danger can be Chessmaster and CStal. All
>others certainly have no evaluation functions for this longtime danger. (I tried
>Phalanx and WChess)
>This is an excellent example for the importance of king safety. The black loss
>is too far because black can't resist the temptation to give some checks which
>push the loss beyond the horizon.
>Any programmer confirming this?

Chessmaster6000 cannot see the danger even some plies after Nd4

Uri



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