Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 05:29:03 05/26/02
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On May 26, 2002 at 08:24:54, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 26, 2002 at 07:46:18, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>On May 26, 2002 at 06:58:41, Harald Faber wrote: >> >>>On May 25, 2002 at 20:18:27, Peter Kappler wrote: >>> >>>>On May 25, 2002 at 18:52:10, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >>>> >>>>>In the following position against a guest: >>>>> >>>>>[D]8/8/8/8/7p/4k2P/5pK1/8 b - - 1 80 >>>>> >>>>>BK-Chess (Shredder) allowed a draw by repetition by 80...Ke2 81. Kh1 Ke1 82. Kh2 >>>>>Ke2 83. Kh1 Ke1 84. Kh2 Ke2 85. Kh1. Supposedly it has all the 3, 4, 5 man EGTBs >>>>>as per its finger notes. >>>>> >>>> >>>>I suspect it had KPPKP, but not KQPKP, which explains why it happily kept a >>>>mate-in-X position on the board instead of queening the pawn (which would drop >>>>the score to "only" +10). >>>> >>>>Note that it still should have seen the correct mating line in the search, but >>>>perhaps Shredder doesn't bother searching if it finds tablebase mates at the >>>>root. >>>> >>>>-Peter >>> >>> >>>I don't know about that, fact is: on my machine, like always when someone like >>>Ricardo complaints about a "BUG", everything is fine. 1.Ke2 (#6) Kh1 2.f1-Q+ >>>(#5) and so on, no draw. In opposite to the SUPPOSED installed 5-man, *I* really >>>have them installed. >>> >>>I wonder if these "bug" resports will ever end...I am feeling like Don >>>Quixote... >> >>Forgive me if I'm being obtuse, but how is it that "everything is fine" when the >>game ended in a draw by repetition? > >Everything is fne on his machine because on his machine the KQP vs KP tablebases >are installed. > >Uri I guess I continue to be obtuse, but where did *he* make the qualification "on his machine"?
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