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Subject: Re: With tablebases play programs stronger!

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 19:34:22 04/24/02

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On April 24, 2002 at 21:02:42, Peter McKenzie wrote:

>I don't think you need tablebases to play Bd7, my program Warp locks onto Bd7
>after 6 seconds and holds it through 22ply.  No draw score yet though.
>
>cheers,
>Peter

That's the beauty of tablebases!  Instant assurance of the draw with no doubt of
the outcome.  I'm not sure what the point of the post is though.  There are
literally millions of positions like this in the tablebases and many also have
only one saving move.  I believe most GM's would make the right move here
because it's the only drawing move.  It forces the pawn to move immediately and
keeps the black king out of the contest.
Jim



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