Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 01:18:43 01/11/00
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On January 11, 2000 at 03:45:04, Ed Schröder wrote:
<BIG SNIP>
>>The thing that worries me is that there are _hundreds_ more of these kinds of
>>special cases that are left to discover. I have discovered many in my code. I
>>am afraid I have only scratched the surface, yet I have over 50,000 blitz games
>>vs GM players to go on. :(
>
>Hundreds of these kind of exceptions huh?
>
>I tend to agree, here are two of them:
>
>[d]r4rk1/p1q2ppp/1pn2n2/2p1p3/3PP1b1/P1P2N2/B4PPP/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 14
>
>[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
>[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
>
>14. dxc5! { Natural 14.d5 will be serious positional mistake- bishop on a2
>could be closed for a long time.}
>
>I bet most programs (Rebel included play 14.d5). 14.d5 looks okay and for
>many good reasons still it's called a serious positional mistake. That hurts!
>
This should be possible to evaluate as d5 closes the position and together with
the bad white bishop the knights should increase in value as the position is
closed.
>Case 2:
>
>[d]2rq2k1/4bppp/p1rp4/1p1NpP2/4P3/2PQ4/PP4PP/3R1R1K w - -
>
>Robert Fischer's famous: Ra1!!
>
>I assume almost every program will play f6? here leaving white with
>nothing. I wonder if any program will find this fine positional move.
>
>Ed
Wow! I doubt many humans, GM's or not, would find that move. What Fisher game
is this?
Torstein
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