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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