Author: Robin Smith
Date: 02:29:17 06/15/03
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On June 14, 2003 at 18:00:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 13, 2003 at 12:03:58, Michael Vox wrote: > >>http://www.clubkasparov.ru/521772350.html?462691585533321 >> >>One could argue chess endgame tablebases play the endgame like god, but not this >>article.... >> >>Enjoy :) > > >The author is an idiot. Why exactly is GM Shipov an idiot? >a 5 piece endgame _counts_ the two kings. He is not counting them. In which position is he not counting them?? >He really thinks he is probing what we would call a 7 piece ending, which >is _years_ away from reality. Which position??? The only 7 piece ending I saw was position #2, but in that position GM Shipov does not mention tablebases. I think people on this message board need to tone down the "so-and-so is an idiot" talk, especially since it often turns out the authors of such name calling are making errors of their own. Robin
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