Author: blass uri
Date: 02:43:04 06/27/99
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On June 27, 1999 at 04:36:27, Steve Maughan wrote: >On June 27, 1999 at 02:08:18, blass uri wrote: > >> >>On June 27, 1999 at 01:57:51, kurt wrote: >> >>>Fritz 5.32 can not find the winning move Ra8 [Capablanca] in 20plys. >>>White:Kd7,Rb8,b5 >>>Black:Ka7,Nc7,b6 >>>White to move >> >>of course Fritz5.32 cannot see it because it is a null mover. >>black is losing after Nxa8 Kc8 because of the fact that black has to move and >>not because white has a threat. >>Fritz prunes line with no threats. >> >>If you want a program to solve problems then do not buy a program that is a null >>mover and that there is no option to turn the null move off. > >IMHO this is completely missleading!! Fritz 7.32 is an excellent problem >solver. You mean Fritz5.32 because there is no Fritz7.32 There are some positions that have Zugwag as a theme and that Fritz may >not solve well, but these are a small percentage of all problems. If you are looking at studies then it is not a small percentage of the problems. It is a small percentage of problems from practical games but not the same percentage of problems that humans composed. Uri
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