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Subject: What Terry Dave? Opps Terry Ripple I Presume?

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 07:36:52 03/06/02

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On March 06, 2002 at 10:28:19, Terry McCracken 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)! :-)
>>
>>When it comes to "difficult admitting", I'd hold up a mirror and not look to
>>Terry, et. al..
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>
>>What Terry Dave? Please speak your mind. Opps never mind, I should have read
the *Whole* thread!
>>
>>
>>
>>*(actually, it's an FEN string, but no matter).



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