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Subject: Re: Academic question then ...

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 09:39:11 11/21/02

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On November 21, 2002 at 12:25:19, GuyHaworth wrote:

>
>It ought to be possible to substitute for the 5-1 EGTs with some more compact
>rulebase.  Has 5-1 ever occurred over a serious board?  I guess not.
>
>How would one set about creating that rulebase to cover all situations?  Is it
>just "5-1 = WIN"?
>
>g

That is probably a bad idea. If all positions would be scored the same, how
would you make progress in check-mating the king?

And is seems unlikely to me that a win is possible in this position :o)

[D] k7/2B5/P4K2/P7/8/P7/8/8 w - - 0 1

Richard



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