Author: blass uri
Date: 12:25:45 01/27/99
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On January 27, 1999 at 11:02:50, James T. Walker wrote: >On January 27, 1999 at 00:59:09, robert flint wrote: > >>can someone explain to me why chessmaster6000 cant force mate with a bishop >>knight and king versus a king. This is a rare thing to see but it is needed for >>a program to come full circle. please dont get me wrong i love the king engine >>and when it comes to solving other tactical problems and tests i thing cm6000 is >>awesome!!!!! but be it as it may this is a short coming!! > > >Hello Robert, >Neither can Junior 5.0 and Fritz 5.32 could not untill the patch came out last >week. Crafty can not either without it's tabelbases - unless it's been fixed >recently. It's amazing to me. Dedicated machines with very limited memory an >slow processors were doing the Knight&Bishop mate many years ago. There is no >excuse for not having it in todays programs. >Jim Walker There is an excuse. It is not important for practical purposes. I think that it is relevant in less than 1 out of 1000 games. Uri
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