Author: blass uri
Date: 10:58:11 10/10/98
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On October 10, 1998 at 09:46:27, James T. Walker wrote: >I believe you will have a hard time finding a computer or program that will not >find that mate almost instantly with no tablebases involved. >Jim Walker It is easy to find Junior5 cannot find the mate and even cannot find mate in 1 in the position: white:ka8, pa7 black: kc8 Nd5 I believe crafty also cannot find mates in positions like these It is not a question of tablebases because they believe that a player with only a knight cannot win and they do not search for more than draw and if they find a move that gives them a draw they do not check the other moves. Uri
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