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Subject: Re: The King 3.12d is weak in the endgames !

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 10:55:22 03/28/02

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On March 28, 2002 at 13:29:52, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:

>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


The computer oponent who has the 5 piece tablebases is not going to
let chessmaster to get a winning KRP vs KR

It is going to prefer KRPP vs KR when
the win is trivial for chessmaster.

Regards,
Uri



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