Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:13:27 10/10/01
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On October 10, 2001 at 08:30:26, James T. Walker wrote: >On October 10, 2001 at 05:51:07, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On October 10, 2001 at 04:36:47, Jouni Uski wrote: >> >>>[D]5r1k/4R2P/8/5BK1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 96 >>> >>>Crafty evaluates +8, but plays draw after 50 move rule! I have here only 4 piece >>>TBs. >>> >>>Jounu >> >>I believe that crafty has not the relevant knowledge(I do not know if there are >>programs that have it). >> >>I have an experience from a tournament game when I drew a game in a similiar >>position when my opponent had bishop and pawn adavntage. >> >>I think that the relevant knowledge should say that KRBP vs KR usually win when >>the only exception is when the bishop is the wrong bishop(does not control the >>corner promotion square) and the pawn is on the 7th rank. >> >>In this case the evaluation should be closer to draw because I believe that at >>least in big part of these cases it is a draw. >> > > >While playing Gambit Tiger 2.0 vs Junior 7.0 I had the same type position show >up. >[D]4r2k/1R5P/6BK/8/8/8/8/8 w > >It ended with the 50 move rule with the black rook chasing the white rook around >the board trying to make white capture the rook. It seems to me (for both positions) we ought to be able to end up with a position like this: [D]2r3Rk/7P/7K/8/8/1B6/8/8 w - - which is a clear win. What prevents it?
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