Author: James T. Walker
Date: 22:09:23 03/22/01
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On March 23, 2001 at 00:49:45, James T. Walker wrote: >On March 22, 2001 at 17:55:07, Derek Mauro wrote: > >>I'm no expert on computer chess, but I thought I'd call this to everyone's >>attention. I was analyzing one of my recent games with Tiger (reg. and gambit), >>and had a drawn position(I had black). >> >>[D]8/8/8/8/1n6/2K5/p7/6k1 w - - 0 111 >> >>For some reason, in the obvious draw, Tiger gives it -12 and wants to play >>Kxb4?? even after like 20 minutes. All the programs seem to think its about -6 >>or so, but they all play the correct move, the obvious Kb2. Is this a bug? >>(The 4 piece tablebases will easily solve this bug, but this position is so >>incredibly easy that I can't see why it would even need them.) >> >>This next position is also from the same game that all programs seem to have >>trouble with, but I don't believe this is a bug. >> >>[D]8/1k6/2n5/8/6r1/p1K5/7R/8 b - - 0 87 >> >>Most programs want to play Nb4, but from there white can force a draw. I think >>Ra4 is the correct move (Na5 might also work), but I'm not sure. I also fell to >>the tempation of Nb4 during the game :( >> >>Derek > >Hello Derek, >Can you post a line which gives white the draw after Nb4? It seems to me that >black should still win this ending. What am I missing? >Jim This is funny. The more I look at it the more I can't see how to win it either! :-) Jim
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