Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 05:30:47 05/26/02
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On May 26, 2002 at 08:29:03, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >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"? Oops! I see it now. Never mind.
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