Author: Uri Blass
Date: 19:56:56 02/12/01
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On February 12, 2001 at 17:36:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 12, 2001 at 16:59:47, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On February 12, 2001 at 16:48:10, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>> >>>And I remember that Chess Tiger (was it version 11.2?) has won a KRB vs KR >>>endgame against Zugzwang in Paderborn 2 or 3 years ago. >>> >>>The programs were not using tablebases, and as far as I remember Zugzwang was >>>using a bunch of processors. But it lost. >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >> >> >>Well... Actually it was maybe P.Conners, and not Zugzwang. Maybe Thorsten >>remembers better than me. Anyway the opponent was using a LOT of processors. >> >> >> Christophe > > >I'd be willing to play you KRB vs KR with my program having the rook and >running on a 486. :) It is easy to draw when you have tablebases. The point is that part of the opponents(humans and part of the programs of today) do not have tablebases and there is a practical chance to win against them with the bishop. Uri
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