Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 13:36:44 11/22/00
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On November 22, 2000 at 14:09:59, James T. Walker wrote: >On November 22, 2000 at 12:30:31, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>On November 22, 2000 at 11:51:17, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>Hello Fernando, >>>I can only tell you there are many problems with all programs. None of them are >>>perfect. As a beta tester you can only report what you find. There are >>>literally hundreds of special positions which many programs do not understand. >>>Tablebases will cure many of these problems but not all. The programmers are >>>aware of many of the shortcomings of their programs. They make the decision if >>>it is important enough to fix or forget. I guess they only have so many hours >>>in a day and they have to decide what is most important at the moment. >>>Jim >> >>OK, Jim, but you must concur with me that B+N mate is not just one problem >>between many, but a clasic kind of position every current program must solve >***** >I agree! I remember when David Kittinger took the B+N mate info out of the >Forte computer (It was in it's predecessor the Super Constellation). I asked >him why and he said he needed the memory for something else. I never bought >another Novag computer after that. >******* > >and >>every tester must look at as a matter of fact. The same with: >>a) king + pawn againts King >>b) King + Rook againts King >>c) King+ pawn in the h or a file >>d) oposition rule >>e) king +queen against king +rook >>... And maybe some more. I think that these kind of situations should be tested >>as a minimal test of proficiency. Should be kind of a rule of testing >>operations. >>Regards >>fernando > >As I said. Tablebases will fix many of these problems. I am a very strong >advocate of tablebases even if their contribution to rating points is minimal. >But I repeat, the final decision as to what a program will or will not do lies >with the programmer-_N_O_T_ the beta testers. Do you believe Christophe does >not know that Chess Tiger will not mate with a Knight & Bishop? >Jim I WANT to believe he just missed it. I do not want to believe he delivered us a so gorgeous program without THAT and with full knowledege. Like to sell a Mercedes without one of the wheels. Fernando
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