Author: martin fierz
Date: 17:45:31 10/14/02
Go up one level in this thread
On October 14, 2002 at 20:34:59, David Rasmussen wrote: >On October 14, 2002 at 14:31:24, martin fierz wrote: > >>On October 14, 2002 at 11:21:08, David Rasmussen wrote: >> >>>What are the most useful ones to have, for my engine? I am sure it depends on >>>all sorts of things, but in general? >> >>i'd say in general you'd want those with pawns. like r+p - r+p for example. >>endgames without pawns are very rare. >> >>aloha >> martin > >But it seems there are none with pawns at Hyatt's site? >Also, at least some of the six-man tables must contain endings with non-trivial >results. Most non-pawn endings are trivial, in the sense that they are draw if >material is equal, and if not, the stronger side wins. But there must be some >endings which are exceptionally hard for the strong side to win, or in which >there is a way for the weak side to draw, or for one side to win in a materially >equal position. What six-man files (that exists) are important in this respect? > >/David i don't think any 6-man endgame without pawns is important! as you say, most of them are rather trivial. i can't think of any of them which would be really interesting - in all the years i have played chess i have never had a single game which ended in such an endgame! however, RP-RP and QP-QP and and things like NPP-R or BPP-R can show up from time to time. aloha martin
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.