Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 07:42:32 09/01/05
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On September 01, 2005 at 10:14:31, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >On September 01, 2005 at 10:01:02, Gilles Garrigues wrote: > >>I strongly recommend that anyone interested in endgame analysis with tablebases >>reads the Doc's article in New in Chess last issue: "Recent advances in endgame >>theory". Might be the prelude to a new book. >> >>As usual (remember the "Silicon Oracle" article) he made some fascinating >>discoveries with the help of his computer, his brain and the tools generated by >>Eugene & Co. >> >>The fact that Q+gP+hP versus Q can be drawn in many cases is baffling ! (such as >>in W: Kh4/Qe4/g5/h5 vs Kh8/Qd7) > >You neglected to mention who is on move in the above position. It probably doesn't matter, since Nunn's article claims that the ending is drawn, in general. I found this somewhat comforting since several years ago I had that ending in a tournament game and was unable to win it. -Peter
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