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Subject: This Position Has Never Occured in the Thousands of Yrs of Chess.

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 10:20:46 02/19/04

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Mike,

This is only an academic position. It will never occur unless your opponent
wants you to win.

TJ


On February 18, 2004 at 09:54:00, Mike Hood wrote:

>Shredder 8 gives the following information in "infinite analysis" mode, even
>though I have all the 3/4/5-piece tablebases.
>
>[D] 4k3/8/8/8/8/8/3q4/4K3 w - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Shredder 8:
>
>1. = (0.00): 1.Kxd2
>2. = (0.00): 1.Kf1 Kf7
>
>We get a small clue what is happening, when we look at Fritz 8's analysis of the
>same position:
>
>Analysis by Fritz 8:
>
>1. = (0.00): 1.Kxd2
>2. -+ (-10.66): 1.Kf1 Kd7
>
>This is the analysis after 10 seconds. If I wait a few minutes Fritz finds a
>mate in 11. It looks like the tablebase engine goes on strike in positions which
>are a potential transition to K-K.

• Re: This Position Has Never Occured in the Thousands of Yrs of Chess. William Penn 11:56:16 02/19/04
  • Re: This Position Has Never Occured in the Thousands of Yrs of Chess. Uri Blass 12:11:20 02/19/04
    • Re: This Position Has Never Occured in the Thousands of Yrs of Chess. William Penn 21:36:53 02/19/04

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