Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:30:56 10/03/01
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On October 03, 2001 at 09:58:48, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 03, 2001 at 09:47:04, Chessfun wrote: > >>On October 03, 2001 at 08:58:28, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>I do not understand some draw decisions >>> >>>For example the following position from bringer's game in the last round: >>> >>>[D]8/2R5/8/6K1/1k6/7p/6bP/8 b - - 0 107 >>> >>>The last capture was at move 96 and I am not sure if white cannot win this >>>position >>> >>>If white can get the following position in the game then it seems to me that >>>black is losing(I do not have the 5 piece tablebases of KRP vs KB and someone >>>with these tablebases can probably say even that it is a forced mate and exactly >>>the number of moves. >>> >>>Uri >> >>It's mate in 21, but I can't see how White can force black into this position >>within 18 more moves. >> >>Sarah. > >I also cannot see and the original position may be a draw with exact game >If someone decide to build the 6 piece tablebases for 4 pieces with blocked >pawns(white pawn at h2 and black pawn at h3) we may know. > >Maybe it is a good idea to tell chess programs to build these tablebases during >a game when the hardware is fast enough and it is tournament time control. > >It may be a very good option for correspondence games even today. > >Even if programs need 30 to build these tablebases it may be possible to do it >at some tournament time control games when this kind of position is in the root >and the program may use 30 minutes for one move but later play always from the >tablebases. > >Uri Did you mean 30 minutes or 30 hours? 30 hours would be very fast for a 6 piece file. With pawns, maybe 30 days.
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