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Subject: Re: A test poition from movei-list

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 13:30:35 06/16/02

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On June 16, 2002 at 15:34:54, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On June 15, 2002 at 17:23:48, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>[D]5k2/8/5r1R/4q3/6Q1/5p2/8/7K w - - 0 145
>
>I think that actually Rh8+ does not win but only
>draws, just like Qc8+.
>
>White can force a win of black's queen
>for a rook, but the resulting position
>is a tablebase draw.
>
>The programs are pushing the actual exchange
>over their 'tablebase horizon'. (i.e. the maximum
>depth at wich they probe tablebases)
>
>--
>GCP

I suspect that it wins but I am not sure.

In this kind of position it seems that white has a very strong attack.
If it can win the queen then I suspect that white can win more than it.

Do you think that it is a draw based on the result of an engine-engine game or
only based on the main line?

Uri



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