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Subject: Re: Will next version of Junior have underpromotion code?

Author: blass uri

Date: 12:16:23 06/07/99

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On June 07, 1999 at 14:39:28, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On June 07, 1999 at 06:32:39, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>On June 04, 1999 at 12:13:59, Eran wrote:
>>
>>>Since Junior5 does not have underpromotion code, I am wondering whether next
>>>version of Junior, probably Junior 6, will have underpromotion code, won't it?
>>>Well, basically all strongest chess programs should be 100% state of art, right?
>>>In other words, since Junior5 does not have underpromotion code, it cannot be
>>>100% state of art, is it?
>>>
>>>Eran
>>
>>How often did you have a position where underpromotion was best move?
>>
>>I don't miss this "feature".
>In my database (for which basically all positions are from actual games) I have
>218 promotions where promotion to knight is clearly the best move, 85 where
>promotion to bishop is the best move, and 147 promotions to rook.  Consider the
>following:
>6n1/5P1k/7p/np4b1/3B4/1pP4P/5PP1/1b4K1 w - -; ce 32766; pv f8=N#; bm f8=N#; id
>"BWTC.0907";
>4K3/5P1k/8/8/7N/8/8/8 w - -; ce 32758; pv f8=B Kg8 Nf3 Kh7 Kf7 Kh8 Bg7+ Kh7
>Ng5#; bm f8=B; id "IMCP.015";
>4K3/3P4/3kN3/8/4PP2/8/8/8 w - -; ce 32762; pv d8=R+ Kc6 Rb8 Kd6 Rb6#; bm d8=R+;
>id "IMCP.070";
How many games do you have in your database?

Uri



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