Author: blass uri
Date: 00:28:05 01/26/99
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On January 25, 1999 at 22:48:02, Nuno Maltez wrote: >Hi, > >I've stumbled on what looks like a silly problem (bug) using Fritz 5.32 and >endgame databases. I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I've >don't remeber reading anything about it neither here nor in rgcc (I don't read >every post though), so here it goes: > >Take the following position (Black to move): >White: Kg6, Rh4, Ph3 >Black: Kg8, Rf7 > >I was playing black (we got here from an endgame position taken from a textbook) >and moved 1...Rg7+. Fritz using the databases evaluated all continuations as (0) >and played 2.Kh6. I replyed 2...Rh7+ and here Fritz evaluated again all moves as >(0) and played the unbelievable 3.Kg6?? losing the rook and the game. After >3...Rxh4 it returned to the normal engine and quickly realized white is lost. > >Has anyone faced this problem before? I'm using a Fritz 5.32 update downloaded >from Chessbase's site late December. I've not tested other positions, but it >looks like the program's not noticing the difference between a draw and a loss >(database problem?). Is this some configuration problem or what? > >Thanks in advance, >Nuno This was a problem of Fritz5.16 I told chessbase about it and they told me they hope to solve the problem in Fritz5.32 This is an email I got from chessbase about this bug: "You wrote: >In KRP vs KR Fritz5's assumption is that the side with the KRP cannot lose >so in a drawn position when fritz5 has the advantage it can do mistakes of >giving a rook and lose the game. We know about this problem. It's because we could not pack all endgame databases on the CD. We hope to solve it with the next version Fritz532 ( 32bit version of Fritz5 ), which will come out end of november. Kind regards Lutz Nebe ( lnebe@abo.rhein-zeitung.de ) ChessBase GmbH" Uri
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