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Subject: Re: 1.BELCT2001: finished , results, games

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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