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Subject: Re: Weird endgame that was drawn.

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 00:32:05 09/17/00

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On September 16, 2000 at 22:23:28, Daniel Chancey wrote:

>Try using Crafty under certain positions with a black bishop controlling the
>h1-a8 diagional, white's opposite colored bishop, white rook, white's king
>anywhere, and the king at or near the e8-e6-h6-h8 box.
>
>Castle2000


KRBKB is an easy win, regardless of the color or placement of the bishops.

I once watched an amateur program struggle with that ending in an ICC blitz game
(it eventually won), but I would expect a better performance from Crafty.

It's a 5-man ending, so you can download the tablebase.

--Peter



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