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Subject: Re: Ooops

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 23:33:51 06/15/03

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On June 15, 2003 at 23:33:24, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 15, 2003 at 05:29:17, Robin Smith wrote:
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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.
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>>Why exactly is GM Shipov an idiot?
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>Read my next statement below.
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>>>a 5 piece endgame _counts_ the two kings.  He is not counting them.
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>>In which position is he not counting them??
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>>>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.
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>He mentioned it in the first two if I read correctly, yet _neither_ were
>5 pieces on the board.

I find nothing wrong with what the author writes about the first 2 positions.

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>>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.
>>
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>I think his statements stand as written, and are wrong.  The tables play
>_perfectly_.  With _no_ exceptions.  Saying anything else is idiotic...
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>>Robin



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