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Subject: Re: REBEL vs GM Rohde (move 23 and 26)

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 02:29:27 05/25/99

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On May 24, 1999 at 07:43:02, Ed Schröder wrote:

>I had a close look at Rebel's moves 23 and 26. In Rebel7 I removed a "mate-
>threat" extension which impact I considered none to zero. However this game
>seems to be full of it. When I enable Rebel6's extension again (just one
>instruction) Rebel sees all the danger much quicker.
>
>Rebel10.5 needs 15 plies (and 3 hours) to see that 23.exd4 is 0.00, the new
>version 11 plies (and 1 minute). I think I will keep the change :-)

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>Also here the Rebel6 "mate-threat" extension does miracles and the correct
>move is played. I will have a closer look if this old Rebel6 "mate-threat"
>extension can be improved.
>
>Ed Schroder

Are you sure that these extensions don't harm Rebel 10 in any unexpected way?
Is the only disadvantage that search now gets nanoseconds slower? Or other
side-effects?




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