Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:33:24 06/15/03
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On June 15, 2003 at 05:29:17, Robin Smith wrote: >On June 14, 2003 at 18:00:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 13, 2003 at 12:03:58, Michael Vox wrote: >> >>>http://www.clubkasparov.ru/521772350.html?462691585533321 >>> >>>One could argue chess endgame tablebases play the endgame like god, but not this >>>article.... >>> >>>Enjoy :) >> >> >>The author is an idiot. > >Why exactly is GM Shipov an idiot? Read my next statement below. > >>a 5 piece endgame _counts_ the two kings. He is not counting them. > >In which position is he not counting them?? > >>He really thinks he is probing what we would call a 7 piece ending, which >>is _years_ away from reality. > >Which position??? The only 7 piece ending I saw was position #2, but in that >position GM Shipov does not mention tablebases. He mentioned it in the first two if I read correctly, yet _neither_ were 5 pieces on the board. > >I think people on this message board need to tone down the "so-and-so is an >idiot" talk, especially since it often turns out the authors of such name >calling are making errors of their own. > I think his statements stand as written, and are wrong. The tables play _perfectly_. With _no_ exceptions. Saying anything else is idiotic... >Robin
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