Author: martin fierz
Date: 14:57:25 04/22/04
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On April 21, 2004 at 19:41:32, Paul Byrne wrote: >Can someone who actually knows how to play this game, or someone with >tablebases tell me if this position is winnable? > >Trying to decide if my program was just being stupid for 50 moves. :) > >Thanks, >-paul > >[D]8/R4p2/8/5k2/7p/7r/4K3/8 b - - 1 54 just in case you would like to add some knowledge to your program about this type of endgame instead of 6-men tablebases: f+h pawns in the rook ending is very drawish with the defending king in front of the pawns. the side with the pawns has good winning chances or even a clear win if -> the defending king is cut off from the pawns (eg wKd1, bRe8) (clear win) -> the defending king is restricted to the 1st rank (eg wKg1, bRa2) (good chances). otherwise it's drawish. but of course no such guidelines can replace EGTBs... cheers martin
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