Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:26:05 09/25/03
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On September 25, 2003 at 14:52:24, Joachim Rang wrote: >On September 25, 2003 at 14:02:18, John Merlino wrote: > >>On September 25, 2003 at 12:08:17, Will Singleton wrote: >> >>>[D]6k1/8/p3p2p/2Q5/1N2qp2/8/5K2/8 b - - 0 47 >>> >>>Black has the option of Qe3+, going into a 3 pawns vs knight game. It appears >>>from analysis that after the queens are off, white cannot stop all the pawns. I >>>don't know whether it's possible to win without trading queens (doesn't look >>>like it), but it appears certain that Qe3+ will win. However, programs are >>>reluctant to play it. >> >>Even after forcing 1...Qe3+ 2.Qxe3 fxe3+ 3.Kxe3 a5, Chessmaster 9000, on a >>P4-2.4, does not see a win for Black after four minutes (this is, of course, >>without tablebases): >> > >after 1...Qe3+ 2.Qxe3 fxe3+ 3.Kxe3 you have a 6-piece endgame, so TB will >probably help a lot :-) > >regards Joachim Not for Chessmaster, as it does not use them in the search. And, as far as I know, the KNKPPP 6-man file has not yet been built. jm
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