Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 23:10:17 02/04/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 02:03:54, Peter Kappler wrote: >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? >> That was one hour on a PIII 500 MHz. I wonder if: 1. It would really play out like that 2. The correct response would be found at the time control of the contest. I think it came from Enrique's contest, which is one minute per move. << >> >>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. Stranger things have happened. Especially at fast time controls like that.
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