Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 23:03:54 02/04/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 01:19:37, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 05, 2000 at 01:08:14, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On February 04, 2000 at 20:21:48, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>Here is the crafty log after 15 plies have completed. Of course, the ce score >>>is pretty much a bunch of hooey, since it is a draw. >> >> >>Dann, >> >>This position looks like a win to me. You're right that White needs to exchange >>rooks, but I think it's highly unlikely that this can happen. Black is very >>much in control in this position, and should easily win the two pawns, leading >>to a KRNN vs KR endgame, which I think must be a win. >> >>As for the analysis you posted - I can only assume that you didn't look very >>closely at the final variation. > >Quite so, I only looked at what the other run had produced. In any case, I >won't believe any extrapolation. It depends completely on how it is played. > Well of course, but this is true of just about any position in chess. My point is that the best analysis we currently have suggests that Black is winning. Earlier you seemed certain the position was drawn, even calling Crafty's -7 score "hooey". Now, a deeper line points towards a win, and you call it an "extrapolation"? What gives? > >Like I said (somewhere else) it could be a win/loss/draw for either party. > Theoretically, yes. Practically, no way. It's essentially impossible for a commercial-quality program to lose that position as Black. For Enrique's purposes, there are only two results worth considering: a draw, or a win for Black. --Peter
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