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Subject: Re: Chess Tiger 13.0 without tablebases (a test position) !

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 04:01:40 11/16/00

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On November 15, 2000 at 11:12:30, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 15, 2000 at 09:52:03, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>
>>This position is real from a game ( but not from Tiger ) !
>>
>>[D]8/8/8/6Np/2N5/Pk6/6K1/8 w - a3 0 1
>>
>>In this position played a old version from Fritz 5 (Fritz-Nemeth) Ne5?
>>And the game was draw ! :)
>>
>>I give now this position Tiger 13.0 for test an Tiger 13.0 played Ne5 ?
>>
>>(With tablebases Tiger how about better)
>>
>>Eduard
>
>
>Ne4 is a mate in 26, of course.  But a program that doesn't
>support tablebases is probably not going to have a clue here.

A fun point is that a4 is a mate in 92, and the best reply is Kxa4.  If "best"
play is followed, it doesn't draw by 50-move-rule either.

Ne5 is something like mate in 88, but I'm not sure of the exact number. It also
doesn't draw by 50-moves.



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