Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 17:40:41 01/07/03
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On January 07, 2003 at 20:14:11, Edward Seid wrote: >On January 07, 2003 at 19:45:04, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>What's subtle about it? Black draws easily thanks to the 50-move rule rendering >>most of this analysis as irrelevant. > >The 50-move rule was created by tournament directors and organizers to address >practical tournament play, before computer use was widespread. After computer >analysis proved that some endings could still be won but would take longer than >50-moves, certain special case endings were allowed to extend beyond 50 moves in >tournament play. BTW, this is not correct. Exceptions were made before the advent of EGTBs i.e KNNKP. >The current analysis shows that in the case of KRRPKQ, with perfect play from >both sides, that the superior side could take MUCH LONGER than 50 moves. > >So I disagree with you when you say that a forced winning line is irrelevant >because of a rule that humans created to expedite human tournament play.
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