Author: Bernhard Bauer
Date: 06:39:13 03/06/02
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On March 06, 2002 at 09:12:05, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 06, 2002 at 08:58:40, David Dory wrote: > >>On March 06, 2002 at 05:29:30, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >> >>>On March 06, 2002 at 05:17:55, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>> >>>>On March 06, 2002 at 05:14:57, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >>>> >>>>>Do you really think the Washington Post gave the position in EPD? >>>> >>>>I don't know what the Washington Post gave, but the position >>>>as posted here was not correct. >>>> >>>>If they only have the diagram, it was ambiguous. >>>> >>>>-- >>>>GCP >>> >>>You don't know what the Washington Post gave? :-))) >>>The poster who started this thread did't convert the position to correct epd as >>>he was not aware of castling. >>>If they only give the diagram you have to assume every posibility. So a diagram >>>is *not* ambiguous. >>>In any case, table bases will not help, whether the epd string is right or >>>wrong. >>>Admit it, even it may be dificult, you were plain wrong. >>>Kind regards >>>Bernhard >> >>I understand what you mean about the diagram, and taking no assumptions, even >>though the posted FEN did state EXPLICITLY that no castling rights existed. >>We should all have taken a step back and looked at that possibility as you >>suggest. >> >>I don't have a single clue what you mean when you say "table bases will not >>help, whether the epd string is right or wrong".* >> >>Not only will the table bases HELP, but they will help the program play the >>position AS GOOD AS GOD, (rumor has it that's pretty good, even for playing >>chess with atheists or agnostics)! :-) > >Tablebases are irrelevant here because even my program that does not >use tablebases has no problem to solve the easy problem with >the correct FEN. > > >program who use tablebases correctly(only on tablebases position) >cannot fail to find the right move in positions with 5 pieces unless the >castling happens many plies after the root position. > >Note that the root position is not a tablebases position when >we assume that castling is legal. > >Uri Right, *not* using table bases is the best for the mentioned position. Even if this position has only 5 pieces and you have installed all the 2,3,4 and 5 piece table bases. BTW, solving that problem with a program *not* using table bases looks much easier. So for that position table bases mean nothing wether they allow playing as good as GOD ar as an USCF A-class player. Kind regards Bernhard
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