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Subject: Re: Why not tablebases.

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 10:23:38 10/10/98

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On October 10, 1998 at 01:15:10, blass uri wrote:

>>John, be very careful - it is dangerous to assume anything you can't test or
>>prove. Have you seen the Savedra position? It is a famous endgame study:
>>WKg6, WPf6, BKh1, BRe5, White to play. This could arise out of KPPKP.
>
>how can it arise practicaly out of KPPKP
>This could arise only if black promote the pawn to a rook but I see no logical
>reason to do it when the white pawns are not near the queen square
>
>Uri
>

I think it can not arise in actual play by logical moves. But the machine knows
no logical moves, it has to calculate everything. And yes, this position can
appear in the search tree (and it is not too unlikely).



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