Author: James T. Walker
Date: 15:14:08 01/23/03
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On January 23, 2003 at 11:57:25, margolies,marc wrote: >As we seem to know, using table base look-ups and forcing lines, a chess program >may announce mate in 42 moves some time in the middlegame. >So if we apply (or misapply) 'rule 14' will these games have endings at all or >shall we watch 2/3 of a chess game--- acknowledging that silicon already knows >more than carbon in the last dance? I assume you are just kidding but I remember a match in which Kasparov was playing and I was following with Fritz/tablebases. When I saw Fritz announce mate in 32 against Kasparov I was amazed to see Kasparov resign at that very moment! Wish I could remember the game now. Jim
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