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Subject: Re: 24 interesting endgame positions

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 16:26:21 10/12/98

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On October 12, 1998 at 14:25:08, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:

>On October 12, 1998 at 01:23:51, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>These positions are from different magazines and books. Sorry, but format
>>is Mchess7 "EPD".

>The only position it does not solve is the following.
>
>> svfe k7/7K/NR6/8/7p/6p1/p7/8 w - -
>> srch Nb8
>
>Here, "DarkThought" suggests to play Nb4 which it evaluates as a draw.
>If Nb8 also leads to a draw, "DarkThought" might have found a second
>possible solution.

What is your drawing line for Nb4. So far I can only see that Nb4 will
lose but I do not have any endgame table bases to help me out. Thanks.

DarkThought continues to amaze me in its ability to solve many difficult
positions. Any plans for a commercial version?
>
>=Ernst=



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