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Subject: Re: endgame eval

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 00:22:30 11/02/98

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On November 01, 1998 at 23:21:09, James Long wrote:

>
>In the following position (from ECE3100), why is Ra1
>better than Ra2+?
>
>position 0001
>R7/8/8/8/3K4/8/3kp3/8 W - - 0 1
>

James,

Looks like an error in the suite.  Clearly Ra2 gives Black more chances to go
wrong.

1.Ra1 e1=Q  2.Rxe1 Kxe1 draw

1.Ra2 Kd1  2.Kd3 e1=N+ and Black *should* draw, but without tablebases, anything
is possible, right?


--Peter



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