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How good is Komodo to force a win here or was it inevitable?



Source: http://www.clemens-keck.de/Houdini2.0_STD-long.html
PAWN : Knight >> Bishop >> Rook >>Queen
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I don't know, but apparently chances are Houdini would have panicked and just exchanged the Rook for the pawn, directly losing the game.

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Critter 1.2 Linux and IvanHoe 9.47b Linux ("special"), both using single core with ponder-on, and no egtb. The starting position is quite favorable to black, and I thought this should have been draw:

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Is IvanHoe "special" brilliant or Critter has pawn endings weakness? Ponder-on, 1 core, 15+10 tc, 256 MB hash, egtb off. Score from engine's POV.

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