Author: blass uri
Date: 23:56:15 06/21/99
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On June 22, 1999 at 02:37:37, Peter Kappler wrote: >On June 22, 1999 at 00:07:56, blass uri wrote: > >>8/8/4k3/1p4PP/3P1P2/5b2/8/4K3 w - - 0 1 >> >>The target is to find Kd2 >>simple for humans but hard for computers that prefer the losing move h6 >> >>Dark thought passed the test in WCCC and drew against Rebel >> >>Uri > >Uri, > >This is indeed a very good test position. Here are some results: > >Genius 6, K6-3/450, 32MB hash > 13 minutes to see that h6 is bad (-1.5) > 37 minutes to find Kd2! (-0.3) > >Fritz 5.32, P2-300, 64MB hash > 45 minutes, and it still thinks h6 is a draw > My experience is that Fritz can be quite stupid in endgames. > > >Nice job by DarkThought to find Kd2! in relatively short time. Perhaps if Ed is >following this thread he can tell us how long DarkThought thought in this >position. > > >--Peter I read about this position at Ed site and I read that Dark thought thought for a long time after it failed low and found Kd2 only 3 seconds before using the maximal time. Uri
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