Author: GuyHaworth
Date: 12:27:40 09/15/04
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On September 15, 2004 at 12:20:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 15, 2004 at 11:03:04, GuyHaworth wrote: > >> >>Interesting, thanks. >> >>With 5-man EGTs, the tactic is to go for the P-promo, opting later for the R-sac >>to dropshift to a won KRPKR endgame: mate on m99. 'The cost of certainty' is >>12m. >> >>Without, the chosen route is just to drive the passed Pawn: mate on m87. >> >>The latter compares v favourably with the DTM-optimal mate, as provided by Rob, >>on m86 with 6-man EGTs. >> >>g > > >This was a mate in 17, not 87... as my egtb output showed... Oops: sorry! I was quoting the move-numbers as extrapolated from the game, not restarting move-numbers from the given position. Everything is relative: all my move-numbers were as if in the game. Yes, the mate from the position was only 17 moves long. Guy
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