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Subject: Re: Strange tablebase blunder

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 17:22:50 02/04/99

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On February 04, 1999 at 17:44:16, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>In this position from a game against Crafty 16.4, Junior 5, or better yet the
>CD-ROM tablebases engine, played Ra8, losing immediately a drawn game. Can
>someone with Junior 5, Fritz 5xx or Nimzo 99 double-check this move with
>tablebases on?
>
>5rk1/8/7K/7P/R7/8/8/8 w - - 0 94
>
>Enrique

Hello Enrique,
This is a known problem with the Fritz CD ROM's.  Both the 5.00 and 5.32
versions have problems with the KRP vs KR endings.  My Fritz 5.32 CD ROM gives
the move Ra8 (0). The Fritz 5.16 gives something like Ra7 (11) indicating a win
in 11 moves ??
Jim Walker



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