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Subject: Re: Really?!

Author: Roland Pfister

Date: 12:27:49 09/19/00

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On September 18, 2000 at 10:52:06, Oliver Roese wrote:

>On September 18, 2000 at 01:21:11, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>This position was discussed in CSS and one program solved it. If I remember
>>right it was Patzer.
>>
>>Jouni
>
>
>I know the solution of this study, it ends in a fortress.
>Current hard/software is believed not to be able to handle fortresses with that
>many pieces correctly.
>Ore am i wrong here?
>
>Oliver

the black King ends up into a prison, so the the black queen is alone and
cannot win against the white king. White has no fortress, rather a prison
for the black king. Patzer knows that a lone queen cannot win.

Roland



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