Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 11:29:17 09/27/02
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On September 27, 2002 at 14:28:16, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On September 26, 2002 at 09:44:11, Severi Salminen wrote: > >>>Ruffiah seams to be a modern engine. It uses the null-move heuristic heavily. >>>Since the endgame is all about zugzwang it is no surprise that Ruffian will fail >>>to to properly in that area. Tablebases resolve this partially. >>>So why don't you use them?? >>>Showing bad results when you criple the engine dosn't say anything about the >>>engine, it says something about the user. >> >>Nullmoves have nothing to do with winning KR-K endings - no zugzwangs involved >>at all. > >KR vs K is only about Zugzwang. Two critical positions: >[D]3k4/8/4K3/2R5/8/8/8/8 b >[D]1k6/7R/2K5/8/8/8/8/8 b > >>The knowledge needed to win many types of basic endings is very easy to >>code and works in _many_ positions: drive the opposing king to a corner. >> >>Severi
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