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Subject: WAC test suite corrections?

Author: David Blackman

Date: 01:55:12 01/02/00


Does anyone know where to find a copy of the WAC suite with correct answers, as
far as anyone knows? I think there might be some equally good moves to some of
the listed ones in the copy i've got. Failing that would anyone like to take a
quick look at these ones and comment? Thanks.

8/p3k1p1/4r3/2ppNpp1/PP1P4/2P3KP/5P2/8 b - bm Rxe5; id "WAC087"
Desperado likes cxb4; cxb4 Rxe5 . I think this just transposes and should be
equally good?

1br2rk1/1pqb1ppp/p3pn2/8/1P6/P1N1PN1P/1B3PP1/1QRR2K1 w - bm Ne4; id "WAC152"
Desperado agrees at 7 ply but prefers Nd5 at other depths. Both of these score
around +2 pawns. Does Ne4 have some additional tactics that don't work for Nd5?
(I must put check extensions back in sometime :-)

8/1p6/p5R1/k7/Prpp4/K7/1NP5/8 w - bm Rb6; id "WAC274"
Desperado prefers Rg5+ (except at 9 ply). It looks to me like either move wins,
and i can't see any reason why one is better than the other in practical terms.
Rb6 is a bit flashier maybe, but once you see through the first 3 or 4 moves of
tactics doesn't it leave you with a slightly harder endgame than Rg5+ ?
(Although still quite easy to win.)



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