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Subject: Re: Position stumps Shredder 6.02 & Fritz 6 but not most others

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 15:30:54 11/20/02

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On November 20, 2002 at 18:14:06, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On November 20, 2002 at 17:00:19, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On November 19, 2002 at 19:18:55, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>White to move and win.
>>>
>>>1q1k4/2Rr4/8/2Q3K1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>Shredder 6.02 and Fritz 6 can't find it; most of the other top engines see it
>>>instantly.  It's zugzwang, of course; I knew Fritz was susceptible but I'm
>>>surprised by Shredder.
>>
>>Fritz 6 & Fritz 7 find Mate in 33 instantly on my computer.  Maybe you are
>>missing some tablebases?
>>Jim
>
>
>I don't use 'em!

Then don't blame the program for making endgame errors. :-))
It's really hard to ignore perfect knowledge when it's available.
Jim



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