Author: James Robertson
Date: 10:30:47 05/26/99
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On May 26, 1999 at 13:09:05, Paul Richards wrote: >On May 26, 1999 at 08:42:07, eric guttenberg wrote: > >>This is an interesting trap from a real gm game (Chandler-Z. Polgar, 1987): >> >>White K on e6 B on e4 P's on g5 and h2 >>Black K on g7 N on g8 >>Black to move >> >>In this losing position Black played 1...N-h6; White played 2.gxh6ch?? and >>was forced to accept the draw after Black played 2...K-h8! > >Of the engines I have running under Fritz, the following handle this >easily: Crafty 16.1, Crafty 16.6, LGGold 2.0, Doctor?3.0, and a couple >versions of Comet. Exchess 2.50 and 2.51 have no clue, and neither does >Fritz 5.32, which is sad as Fritz is one of the top programs. So why >is Fritz being stupid again?? My program has no clue either. I think the depth required to see that there is nothing better than repetition is quite high (my program did not see the repetition after 14 plies), and unless you have special knowledge, a program will not solve this one. James
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