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Subject: Re: An endgame tablebase puzzle ?

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 10:07:06 02/11/04

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On February 11, 2004 at 12:29:18, Gordon Rattray wrote:

>I was recently browsing a summary file for endgame tablebases, from Robert
>Hyatt's site.  For KQQQ (White) vs KB (Black), it claims that there is 1 drawn
>position with White to move.  But it's quite a puzzle to figure out what that 1
>position actually is.  I'm assuming this figure of 1 takes into account symmetry
>(rotations and reflections), so there will be multiple "real" board solutions
>all based on the same structure.
>
>I've not yet solved it.  Can anyone here figure it out?  Or can it somehow be
>obtained from the associated TB files?
>
>If nothing else, I'd just like to check that I'm reading into the summary data
>correctly! :-)
>
>cheers
>
>Gordon

[D]/////k/2Qb/1QKQ/ w

Thanks,
Eugene



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