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Subject: Re: Ooops

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 23:50:49 06/15/03

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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.
>
>a 5 piece endgame _counts_ the two kings.  He is not counting them.
>
>He really thinks he is probing what we would call a 7 piece ending, which
>is _years_ away from reality.


At no point in the article does he ever do as you allege. He always counts the
pieces correctly.

We all make mistakes, but I don't think we should therefore brand all of
ourselves "idiots". Do you? He is a GM after all, so don't you think you calling
him an "idiot" a little extreme?



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