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Subject: Re: a test position for computers(from dark thought-rebel game)

Author: Jeroen Noomen

Date: 04:33:50 06/22/99

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On June 22, 1999 at 05:12:41, Jouni Uski wrote:

>On June 22, 1999 at 03:55:27, Dave Gomboc 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
>>
>>Ed's website says that the test was passed with three seconds to spare, e.g.
>
>So Rebel was 3 seconds from 3. place in final ranking??
>
>Jouni


Hi Jouni,

This is correct! Still, we (the Rebel-team) must fairly
admit that before this, Dark Thought had played the bad
move e4-e5? After other moves black has still to work a
bit to secure the draw.

Hence, the draw is a fair result.

Best regards, Jeroen


PS  If you are interested in all the Rebel games and the
    Chess Tiger games, read my reports on the Rebel
    homepage, www.rebel.nl.



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