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Subject: Re: If you gave a program unlimited time, could it solve a 5 piece ending?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:50:52 06/02/02

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On June 02, 2002 at 04:47:21, Terry Ripple wrote:

>Could Fritz,Century,Tiger,Junior,or Crafty solve any or all the 5 piece endgame
>problems if given no time limit and not able to use Nalimov's tablebases?
>
>If the answer is no, then why not if the program could take any amount of time
>that it needed to find the correct answer to the solution?
>
>Thanks in advance for any information!
>
>Best Regards,
>Terry


Solve = See the mate, or Solve = play moves good enough to win?

In many endings, the computer can do fine.  But not all.  IE KNN vs KP
is very difficult.  Particularly if you want to actually find the mate
which can be well beyond 200 plies...



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