Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:13:38 07/20/99
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On July 20, 1999 at 13:54:39, Werner Schuele wrote: >I am using wcrafty under Hiarcs7.32 with the delivered tablebases. Why does >wcrafty16.13 not solve MES0035? >8/8/1p1K4/Pp6/2k1p3/8/1P6/8 w - - bm a6; id "MES0035"; >The evaluation ist axb6 0.00. Even when the first moves are given: >a6 e3 >a7 e2 >a6D e1D >Dd5 is not found, after Dd5 wcrafty plays Kb4 with evaluation -0.01/1 which >looks like a book move under Fritz5.32 or Hiarcs 7.32. >Werner First, the -0.01/1 is displayed because the move is forced and black has only one possible move. No point in searching that. Second, this is simply a null-move killer position. If a program uses null- move it can have problems with this position... it is one of several well-known ones that were contrived just to 'break fritz'. :)
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