Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 10:29:52 03/28/02
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On March 28, 2002 at 11:34:28, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 28, 2002 at 11:28:10, Roy Eassa wrote: > >> >>They all use tablebases (pre-calculated "answers" for endgames with few pieces >>left). Chessmaster does not. > >I know that mating with KQ vs KR with no tablebases is also easy for a lot of >engines but I agree that it is not enough to tell the gui to use no tablebases >and you need to tell also the engine to use no tablebases in the engine >parameters if you want Fritz or Junior to use no tablebases . > >It seems to be almost irrelevant in comp-comp games because >I expect the opponents of chessmaster not to let it to go to KQ vs KR thanks to >tablebases and they will prefer losing position that chessmaster knows to win >for example (KQRP vs KR). There are common positions KRP vs KR where the way to win is to go for a KQ vs KR. In those cases it will be important. Regards, Miguel > >Uri
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