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Subject: Re: 'Simple' Pawn Endgame

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 05:22:21 09/13/02

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On September 13, 2002 at 05:54:46, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On September 12, 2002 at 21:47:50, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>WITHOUT TABLEBASES:
>>               24->   1.80  -0.14   1. ... Ke6 2. Kg4 Kf6 3. Kf3 Kf5 4.
>>                                    g4+ Ke6 5. Ke3 Kd6 6. Kd2 Kc6 7. Kc3
>>                                    Kb5 8. Kb3 h6 9. Kc3 Ka4 10. Kc2 Kb4
>>                                    11. Kd3 Kb3 <HT>
>>               25     2.16     ++   1. ... Ke6!!
>>               25     2.58  -2.44   1. ... Ke6 2. Kg4 Kf6 3. Kf3 Kf5 4.
>>                                    g4+ Ke6 5. Ke3 Kd6 6. Kd3 Kc6 7. Kc3
>>                                    Kb5 8. Kb3 h6 9. Kc3 Ka4 10. Kc2 Kb4
>>                                    11. Kd3 Kb3 12. Ke3 Kc3 13. Ke2 Kxd4
>>                                    14. Kf3
>>WITH TABLEBASES:
>>               24->  12.31  -0.14   1. ... Ke6 2. Kg4 Kf6 3. Kf3 Kf5 4.
>>                                    g4+ Ke6 5. Ke3 Kd6 6. Kd2 Kc6 7. Kc3
>>                                    Kb5 8. Kb3 h6 9. Kc3 Ka4 10. Kd2 Kb4
>>                                    11. Kd3 Kb3 <HT>
>>               25    13.57     ++   1. ... Ke6!!
>>               25    14.39  -2.28   1. ... Ke6 2. Kg4 Kf6 3. Kf3 Kf5 4.
>>                                    g4+ Ke6 5. Ke3 Kd6 6. h6 Kc6 7. Kd3
>>                                    Kb5 8. Kc3 Ka4 9. Kd2 Kb3 10. Kd3 Kb4
>>                                    11. Kd2 Kc4 12. Ke3 Kc3 13. Kf2 Kxd4
>>                                    14. Kf3
>
>Tablebases hurt :)
>
>--
>GCP

I think most engines nowadays don't need TBs.  1 year ago, this wasn't the case.
 (The Tiger game comes to mind, where it could mate with B+N.)



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