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Subject: Re: Positional/Real Sacrifice

Author: Steffen Jakob

Date: 03:49:27 11/29/99

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On November 29, 1999 at 04:33:49, Peter McKenzie wrote:

>On November 29, 1999 at 01:54:33, Steffen Jakob wrote:
>
>>Hi Pete!
>>
>>I haven't seen that game! I added it to my private test suite, thanx! :-) I
>
>Here is the game (sacrifice at move 18):
>

[...]

>>tried this position again with Hossa on my PII-350 to see what he computes. Bxh6
>>was played for positional reasons. Hossa was a bit lucky that he played Bxh6
>>because after 37.68 seconds he switches to Rf3 because he thinks that this move
>>is even better.
>
>What score was it giving for Bxh6 ?

The score for Bxh6 was +0.66 in ply 8. For Rf3 Hossa computed a score of +0.71
in ply 8 so it switched to this move.

>Maybe if you let it search for longer, it will switch back to Bxh6.

I will give it a try...

[yawn]

... done.

Yes, in ply 11 it switched back to Bxh6 with a score of +1.24.

Best wishes,
Steffen.



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