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Subject: Re: Fritz endgame CD

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 20:38:31 03/28/99

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On March 28, 1999 at 23:08:45, blass uri wrote:

>
>On March 28, 1999 at 22:54:53, blass uri wrote:
>
>
>>The database may be wrong if it tell a draw for the stronger side and here is an
>>example:
>>1r5K/3Pk3/3R4/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>tablebases say the losing d8B+
>
>This is not a good example because it is a private case of all the examples with
>mistakes about draw for the stronger side but I found that the tablebases assume
>that every promotion not to a queen is a draw in KRP vs KR and I did not succeed
>to compose a problem when the only way to win with KRP vs KR is an
>underpromotion.
>
>Uri

Hello Uri,
OK, I think I understand what you are saying but I still think you are wrong
about the way this CD ROM works.  I don't believe Fritz or Junior or Nimzo 99
are doing anything or making any assumptions about positions.  I believe the
only searching done is on the CD ROM which is full of errors.  The reason some
of my positions are working correctly and yours is not I believe is because you
are using the Fritz 16 bit and the SP1 only fixed the Fritz 5.32 problems.  But
it did not fix all problems and some of the problems you mention are still bad
with the Fritz 5.32 GUI.  You should understand that since Junior and Nimzo make
the same errors when using the Fritz CD ROM it means that the problem is not
with Fritz program but with the CD ROM.  I you think the Fritz program is making
"assumptions" then you must also think that Junior and Nimzo are making the same
"assumptions".  I don't think so.
Jim Walker



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