Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 15:52:55 12/04/99
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On December 04, 1999 at 18:32:15, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On December 04, 1999 at 18:18:07, Jeremiah Penery wrote: > >>On December 03, 1999 at 13:20:46, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>Dusan, if you add a huge penalty for having opposite bishops in endgame, >>>does PHalanx play 36.axb5! in the deep blue - kasparov game then (game 2), >>>at say 11 ply depth, or does it need a bit bigger depth? >>> >>>I assume if so that it plays 37.Be4? too (Qb6 wins forced there). >> >>No. Qb6 is a forced draw there. If I have time soon, I'll try to make some >>analysis and post it. IIRC, black will force a repetition. > >It would be nice to settle this, so that people don't have to hash it out for >another couple of years. Analysis is welcome, but it might be a good idea to >look back into the archives so you're not starting over from scratch. I agree. If I had the full archives of CCC, or had any idea where (when) to look, this is where I'd start. Other than that, I'll definitely search Deja first. I do remember letting Crafty search this one for a _very_ long time. Sometime around depth 20, it showed Qb6 with a score of 0.00, then switched to Be4 with +0.20.
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