Author: Pierre Bourget
Date: 09:03:45 04/22/00
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On April 22, 2000 at 11:26:16, Laurence Chen wrote: >On April 22, 2000 at 10:51:27, Pierre Bourget wrote: > >>Is it true in this position that Hiarcs play Qf7+ ?? because of the tablebase ? >>Isn't it a little ridiculous.Look here for Tim Krabbe opinion: >> >>http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm >> >>[D]5k2/2Q5/8/8/5p2/5P2/5P2/K7 w - - 0 1 >What's your point then? I do this type of move against a human player, there >reason why I do such thing is that the human player is too stubborn to resign, >hence, he is asking for humiliation, and wants to take a long beating. So why >not!!!! I find playing against this type of position against a human player who >does not want to resign in a totally hopeless position, then he deserves to be >torture to a slow death. I approve Hiarcs move, it still mates the opponent in >25 moves. A mate is a mate no matter how many moves. A win is a win. >Laurence My point is that it is bizarre to see computer give away pieces and pawns in the endgame just to enter the tablebase for a sure win.I think it is not necessarily a good example to someone who begin at chess(not me but others)and want to learn the endgame with a computer. Pierre
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