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Subject: Re: Is there a program with more knowledge about endgames?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 16:24:08 06/03/00

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On June 03, 2000 at 10:41:58, blass uri wrote:

>My observation is that programmers did not try to teach program some rules
>about endgames(for example about the fact that KRPPP vs KRPP is almost always a
>draw when all pawns are on the same side).
>
>
>I know no program that knows that this position is probably a draw(evaluation of
>less than 0.5 pawns advantage for white):
>
>[D]5rk1/6pp/8/8/8/8/5PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
>
>I am interested to know if there is a programmer who try to teach his(her)
>program as much as possible about endgames by teaching it rules from chess books
>without caring about nps and about being better in games.
>
>Uri


I do this all the time.  I just haven't gotten to this case yet.  Nor the case
of Q+P's is _very_ difficult to win with a 1 P advantage.



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