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Subject: Re: Help - are there 6-men tablebase showing how black´s winning?

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 20:33:39 05/29/01

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On May 29, 2001 at 15:07:32, Helmut Conrady wrote:

>On May 29, 2001 at 12:14:09, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>
>>On May 29, 2001 at 11:14:05, Hans Christian Lykke wrote:
>>
>>>In a CC game I have this position.
>>>A 6-men endgame-tablebase could show if/how/when black is winning.
>>>But are there such a 6-men tablebase?
>>>
>>>[D] 8/8/1k3R2/p7/8/r6p/7K/8 b - - 0 69
>>>
>>>
>>>Best regards
>>>
>>>Hans Christian Lykke
>>
>>I seriously doubt a 6-man tablebase has been created for this ending, because of
>>the presence of the 2 pawns, since they can promote to Q, R, B or N, this
>>encompasses too many possible 6-man endings.
>>
>>I'm pretty sure the position is a draw.
>
>Without QP-QP no 6 man TB has been created.
>
>Helmut


I don't know what you mean with "QP-QP". You can find a list of 6-man endings
at: ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB



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