Author: Rick Bischoff
Date: 11:02:15 10/08/04
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>Hi, >I do not have the book, but Pandolfini is one of the worst chess authors around. >There are plenty of mistakes in his endgame "course" and most of them are taken >from other books, he did not even care to check. If I were you I would look for >this position in "Basic chess endings" by Reuben Fine, my intuition tells me >there is a good chance Pandolfini took it from there. >I do not know how strong your engine is, but I recommend "Test your endgame >ability" by Speelman and Livshits (it is difficult for weak humans and most >likely it is also difficult for weak engines), anyway test positions are not the >best way to test an engine (they say something only if your engine misses very >easy ones). >José. Simple endgames are a very good way to work out simple bugs, which my engine is full of :-) I will check out the woks you cited! Thanks for the advice.
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