Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:37:10 06/21/00
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On June 21, 2000 at 17:58:15, Andrew Dados wrote: >On June 21, 2000 at 17:54:57, Andrew Dados wrote: > >>This position occured in Tiger450 - Crafty game on icc today: >[D]6K1/7p/5k1P/5n2/8/8/8/8 w - - > >(sorry.. I had no tool to create a FEN) >> >>It caught my eye because CT refused to take 'draw' with Kxh7... However it's a >>mate in 7 (or less, not sure about it) then. Interesting exception for those >>implementing endgame knowledge in programs, when TBs are not available. >> >>Funny thing is that if white took Kxh7 then refused to move and wait for flag to >>fall - icc would assign a draw score to that game.... >> >>-Andrew- This is no draw of any kind. If white plays Kf8 it is a mate in 13. If white takes the pawn it is a mate in 7. CT probably saw the mate in 7 easily, without tablebases. It takes Crafty about 1 second to see that Kh7 is a mate, on my PII/400 notebook.
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