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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 16:28:02 11/16/00

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On November 16, 2000 at 07:01:40, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>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.


After Ne5 I get mated in 91 for black, which would mean Ne5 is a mate in 92
for white...



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