Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:31:05 09/26/98
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On September 26, 1998 at 14:14:47, Ted Hogan wrote: >On September 26, 1998 at 14:07:07, Danniel Corbit wrote: > >>The databases are perfect. But you have to have a winning position for them to >>help! If you have a losing position, the endgame databases will simply tell you >>how fast you could possibly get clobbered. > >Hello Danniel, > >I do not know the answer myself so I can only speculate. For instance Gary >Kasparov beat Deeper Blue in a game which went into a five piece endgame. >Deeper Blue has Ken Thompsons endgame disks. Therefore, based on this the >endgame disks must not be perfect. > >Please feel free to show me I am wrong. I am only looking for the best >information. > >Ted I didn't see *any* games in the DB vs Kasparov matches (either one) that ended up with 5 pieces on the board...
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