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Subject: Re: Kasparov - Deep Junior: and tablebases draw rule

Author: Peter Kasinski

Date: 06:44:39 01/22/03

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On January 22, 2003 at 09:16:28, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On January 22, 2003 at 05:12:52, Francesco Di Tolla wrote:
>
>>An important rule went unnoticed here.
>>
>>The program can use the tablebase, but the game is declared draw when the
>>computer hits a tblbase draw!
>>
>>Not a trivial statement: imagine Kasparov gets into a position where he is in
>>disadvatage, he can try to enter in an endgame he knows to be drawn even not
>>knowing how to play it.
>>
>>A sort of compensation for the fact Deep Junior has the TB's.
>>
>>regards
>>Franz
>
>If Kasparov knows it's a draw, I'm pretty confident he can play it;)
>
>Terry

I would agree. By the way, an assumption obviously not sharred by GM Radjabov,
who recently insisted on testing another former World Champion for a good couple
of hours in a KRBKR ending.

PK








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