Author: Paul Richards
Date: 16:04:24 05/27/99
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On May 26, 1999 at 23:24:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >OK.. I read the whole thread, and tried it. It is the piece of knowledge >that says K + B + RP on wrong color draws if the opposing king can get to the >queening square before the pawn. That is why Crafty plays Nh6 as black and >_never_ considers gxh6. If you play Nh6, a 1 ply search rejects gh because it >evaluates to DRAW. Very simple answer after looking at it.. so forget my >first answer. That happens, but not in this case... What's interesting is that a 1-ply search rejects gxh6 immediately, but if you set Crafty to analyze for black after gxh6, it searches to 15-16 ply before seeing that Kh8 leads to the draw. As a matter of fact it awarded Kh8 a !! all by itself, which I thought was a very nice touch. :) So it appears that it decides on the draw different ways before and after gxh6, or that the special knowledge code is invoked at a different point?
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