Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 06:38:55 06/01/00
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On May 31, 2000 at 10:40:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>Okay . Thank you for explaining, however one for question please. >> >>If in a krpkp situation, would a Kqrkr TB be sufficent? Would it be then >>considered a unknown if I don't have say KqnKr? In other words unpromotion is >>usually rare and mostly unnecessay.. > >It is "usually" rare and unnecessary. But _not_ always. I have seen cases >where =R was necessary (in real games) to avoid a stalemate. yes. There are some. So in the above situation alone, would the program queen? >it has special code for handling this case. Others will eventually do the >same. However, you can buy 40 gigs of disk for 200 bucks, so having all the >databases is not unrealistic. yes. But for some of us, this is just a hobby..even 200 bucks is too much..In the future I suppose even 6 pieces TBS will be the norm..But currently, i suspect most "non-professional testers" use only 4 piece TBs + selected 5 pieces >yep... they will refuse to promote until (maybe) they have to avoid a draw >by 50 move rule. Sigh, the pitfalls of a incomplete TB set..
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