Author: Uri Blass
Date: 14:17:22 09/07/00
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On September 07, 2000 at 16:49:25, Joachim Denzler wrote: >I need some advise on this position > >[D]8/2P5/2k5/B7/p5b1/P3K3/8/8 b - - > >of a game between CM6000 and Shredder 4. Both programs don't claim a draw >(evaluation around +0.7) but I don't see how white should win. I think that you should trust your intelligence and not the evaluation of programs. It is a draw Black can put the king at a8 when the black bishop can be in the diagnol h3-c8 If white promote the pawn to c8 black can capture it. In the best case white can capture the bishop and the pawn a4 and it is a draw because KBP(when the pawn is at file a) vs K is a draw if the bishop does not control the square a8 and the black king controls a8. > >Since CM6000 has no table bases this is not a surprise for me. But Shredder >should be able to "see" the outcome of the game. It is not a surprise. Shredder does not have the 7 piece tablebases and there is no way for black to force winning of a pawn so smaller tablebases cannot help. White can play a lot of king moves and avoid repetition so there is no way that programs can see the draw if they have not the right evaluation Uri
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