Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:21:15 01/08/03
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On January 07, 2003 at 20:40:41, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >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. > I don't recall any exceptions prior to Ken Thompson's results. As he found exceptions, FIDE added them to the list. But GM players revolted and all the exceptions were once again removed. > >>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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