Author: Howard Exner
Date: 20:48:17 02/10/00
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On February 10, 2000 at 23:47:10, Howard Exner wrote: >On February 10, 2000 at 23:11:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 10, 2000 at 22:22:02, Howard Exner wrote: >> >>>[D]8/4k3/2bq4/1p6/p6P/P5P1/1P2QP1K/8 b - - id Comet - Diep; >>> >>>Is this a tough choice for a computer to make? Diep played Qe6 and Comet went on >>>to win. >>>What do other programs prefer here? Seems that in this case leaving the Queens >>>on would benefit black or at least exchanging them under more favourable >>>circumstances. >> >> >>This game was a dead draw until Diep played Kf7 rather than Kg6 a few moves from >>this point. Crafty saw that turning into a KPP vs KB ending that the tablebases >>said was 'drawn'. I think vincent's program thought (for reasons unknown) that >>KB vs KPP was lost for the KB, so he wouldn't go for that. >> >>I had crafty analyzing during the game, and until he played Kf7 the score was >>zero. After Kf7 my score jumped to +2.5 and kept going. within 5 moves it >>was at +10 or so... > >This is the position later in the game that you refer to. > >[D]8/8/5k1P/1p6/p4PP1/P5K1/1P2b3/8 b - - id Comet - Diep; am Kf7;
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