Author: Gustavo Pereira
Date: 20:51:37 07/26/99
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On July 26, 1999 at 21:59:28, Gustavo Pereira wrote: >In this position from Kasparov-Topalov in Hoogovens 99 the new Crafty16.13 from >Chessbase literally hangs... > >3r3r/1R3p1p/6p1/1p6/2q5/5PPB/1Q5P/1K1k4 w - - 0 1 > >It gets stuck on Bd7 showing an eval of #0 (mate in zero!) which is obviously a >mistake. >The moment I put it in multi-play analysis it works. >Does anybody have the same problem? > >Anyway, the move played by Kasparov is 36. Bf1!! >Complete and utter shredding by the Champ ;) > > >PS: At first I thought it was a problem in the newly released engines, but >CometB04 doesn't have this problem. After reading some of the answers I decided to try all the Crafty16.13s I have, Chessbase's, Dann's and Bob's. All 3 versions have the same problem. It looks as if the engine doesn't know what to do when it is about to be mated... All feedback welcome! Gustavo Pereira - Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder!
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