Author: José Carlos
Date: 14:37:11 08/08/02
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On August 08, 2002 at 07:17:32, Christophe Theron wrote: >On August 08, 2002 at 00:11:11, eric guttenberg wrote: > >>I recently bought the Saitek Cosmic LCD-style chess computer. >> >>I was impressed with it right away. It is a sleek, handsome little >>machine with a very easy to see display, a wide range of features >>and options and appeared to play a strong game. Except... >> >>I was not too surprised when it could not do the KBN v K mate. But >>then I discovered it could not mate a lone King with King and 2 Bishops >>...or with King and Rook...or with King and Queen. It certainly plays >>the middlegame well but if you get into the endgame you will find >>a lot of positions where you can play for and get a draw even when >>when the position should be dead lost. >> >>For as much as I liked this guy at first, it is just a little depressing >>to see him cluelessly shifting his king back and forth in queen-up >>position. He will push the pawn in a K+P vs K very efficiently but >>while he gets the Queen all I have to do is move my King away from >>the side of the board and -voila- Cosmic turns into Mortimer Snerd. >> >>eric > > > >A gentleman should resign when having the weakest side of K/KQ or K/KR, K/KBB or >K/KBN. K/KBN is difficult if you don't know very well the technique to mate. I've seen strong players (~2300 FIDE) not being able to checkmate with K/KBN with little time on the clock. Also KR/KQ is very difficult with little time and/or without the right knowledge. But you're right about gentlemen... there're very few, but they exist :) José C.
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