Author: Harald Faber
Date: 05:46:41 04/07/00
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On April 07, 2000 at 07:04:37, blass uri wrote: I >>think many humans are stronger in endgames than comps even with TBs. Humans know >>HOW to play pawn and rook plus pawn endings, assuming more than 2-3 pawns each >>side. > >Rebel Century won the last game in the Israeli league against a human with >almost 2300 rating in a rook endgame when it started the endgame with no >advantage. > >I am not convinced that humans are superior in the endgame from my experience >with Rebel against humans. > >Rebel won 3 games in the endgame in the Israeli league(2 against close to 2300 >players when it had no advantage and one against a GM when it had advantage but >it was not a simple win). > >It surprised me because I expected humans to play better in the endgame. > >Uri Could you give me these games and me and some club fellows will look over the endgame to see if you are right. I want to see if there were tactical tricks or tactical blunders by the humans and how many pieces were left when reaching the endgame. Endgames with few pieces and several pawns are supposed to be difficult for programs.
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