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

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 08:43:22 01/22/03

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On January 22, 2003 at 11:06:48, Robert Hyatt 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
>
>
>That is yet another example of the stupidest rule anyone could come up with.

Sounds reasonable to me.
Imagine Junior shuffling round for 49 moves in tables trying to make Kaspy make
a mistake, pretty lame too.

-S.

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