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Subject: Re: Rook + f + h pawns vs. Rook

Author: Ed Trice

Date: 17:28:26 02/01/04

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Hello Guy,

>
>If you are talking about a KRPPKR position, Eugene Nalimov and Marc Bourzutschky
>have both done the DTM EGT.
>
>The KRPPKR one is up on Rob's site:  maybe this Fritz was using it - maybe not.
>
>If anyone can put the position and the EGT together, we might here something
>definitive.
>
>
>All 6-man and some 7-man endgames are in computable range today:  at one atom
>per position value/depth [optimistic], we still run out of atoms somewhere but
>not for a while.
>

As one IM annotated during the game, Smyslov was able to draw 2 pawns down in
R+f+h vs. R in the same year. It seems to be an important class.

In this ending, the opponent also had a pawn, which was of no consequence.

Perhaps it is worth reindexing KRPPKR into KR+(f+h) vs. KR since the abundance
of draws could make it probe-able at runtime on highend workstations.

Just a thought.



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