Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 13:38:54 01/27/03
Go up one level in this thread
On January 27, 2003 at 16:15:32, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On January 27, 2003 at 16:00:40, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: > >>On January 27, 2003 at 12:42:09, Daniel Clausen wrote: >> >>>On January 27, 2003 at 12:35:50, Georg Langrath wrote: >>> >>>>I tried to let Chessmaster 9000 play against itself in endgame KRKQ. The side >>>>KR with tablebases and the side KQ without. KQ-side wasn?t nearer checkmate in >>>>move 50 than in move 1, even with 3 minutes per move. It is rather amusing to >>>>look at. I think that it is impossible for a computer to solve without special >>>>knowledge or tablebases as in the case KBNK. >>>>Georg >>> >>>Now do the experiment again but let a strong human play for the KQ-side and see >>>whether the result is any different. ;) >>> >>>Sargon >> >>A strong player will win this ending after the second or third try if he has not >>practised before. It is not really difficult, even a weak player like I can win >>against a computer with tablebases after some practise. >>José. > >Wasn't there this experiment with some GMs who failed to win when they played >against the TBs? Yes, it was this. GM Walter Browne could not win against Belle. But he tried again after a few days and won quite easily. I think he could have won the same day (after a few tries) if he were not so shocked. José. >Or am I mixing this with another endgame? > >Sargon
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.