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Subject: Re: ChessMaster 5000 on Mac and KNB-K ending

Author: Nouveau

Date: 03:39:22 12/23/98

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On December 23, 1998 at 04:47:55, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>On December 23, 1998 at 04:02:06, Nouveau wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have two completely different questions :
>>
>>1-I saw at the Mindscape homepage that there is a Mac version of
>>CM5000...has anyone tested it ? Is it the same engine than the PC version ?
>>How does it compare with Hiarcs6 ?
>>
>>2-I'm doing a match between Hiarcs6 and MacChess 5.0, and after a strange
>>middle game they entered a KNB-K ending, and Hiarcs won. What is the theory
>>on this ending ? Is it a practical win ? Or is it just MacChess that played
>>it badly ?
>>
>>Thanks for your answers
>>
>>Jeff
>
>Mr. Nouveau,
>
>The side with any two minor pieces can win against a single king.  Hiarcs6 is
>very good at this.  Just consult any good chess textbook.

I have a dozen chessbooks...but not a single one is about endings just because I
don't like endings !!! But you're right, I just need at least one, just to know
the classical ones...




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