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Subject: Re: hard test position for computer programs

Author: Micheal Cummings

Date: 04:51:57 05/05/99

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On May 05, 1999 at 06:47:51, blass uri wrote:

>
>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

After 30 mins CM6K still likes Nd4, do not know if it likes it with more time
though, All my programs only like Nd4. Shredder 2, and Rebel 10 all the same.



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