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Subject: Re: 8/8/8/6Np/2N5/Pk6/6K1/8 w - a3

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 23:02:31 02/07/03

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On February 08, 2003 at 02:00:20, Steffen Jakob wrote:

>On February 08, 2003 at 00:04:10, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On February 07, 2003 at 03:32:11, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>Can't find the original post.
>>>
>>>Someone said Ne3, Nf3 were the best moves.  Looks pretty clear that a4 wins.
>>>
>>>[D]8/8/8/6Np/2N5/Pk6/6K1/8 w - a3
>>
>>Here is something from an "authority".  :)  about 150 gigs of egtbs
>>on a set of disks that won't wait.  :)
>>
>>                8     1.68  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB>
>>                8->   1.82  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=8)
>>                9     2.45  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=7)
>>                9->   7.05  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=7)
>>               10     7.29  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=6)
>>               10->   8.63  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=7)
>>               11     9.43  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=6)
>>               11->  16.04  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=7)
>>               12    17.02  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=6)
>>               12->  23.30  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=4)
>>               13    24.09  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=3)
>>               13->  42.42  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=5)
>>               14    42.51  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=4)
>>               14->  47.20  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=4)
>>               15    47.28  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=3)
>>               15->   1:05  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=5)
>>
>>A4 leads to a mate in 91 as the best black can do, according to
>>the same "authority".  However, it would require a close inspection
>>to be sure it won't go past the 50 move rule...
>
>In Hossa I have a command which shows the full line to the mate if the root
>position is a tablebase position. It would be nice to have this in crafty, too
>(but don't send this line to xboard which would get an overflow).

Yace does this also.  I think it is a very nice feature.



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