Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 16:52:29 12/05/99
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On December 04, 1999 at 18:52:55, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >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. crafty has a huge penalty for opposite bishops in the endgame.
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