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Subject: Re: ECE #3

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:30:00 03/18/99

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On March 18, 1999 at 11:35:03, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:

>On March 17, 1999 at 06:49:32, Steffen Jakob wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>this is the EPD of ECE position #3 (from the epd file which I downloaded from
>>Dann's ftp site):
>>
>>3R4/8/8/8/8/6K1/4p3/4k3 w - - bm Re8; id "ECE3.0003";
>>
>>This position is a draw, right?! Therefore almost any move (well, besides Re2
>>and Re1) are best moves. So this positions doesn't seem to be a good test
>>position. Did I miss something? I just began to examine the ECE suite...
>>
>>Greetings,
>>Steffen.
>
>I am not sure the position is drawn. After 1. Kf3 Kf1 2. Rh8 e1=N+ white is up
>with a rook against knight. A simple tablebase probe can tell us if this
>position is drawn or won for white. At any rate, 1. Kf3 gives practical chances
>to win and should be considered a best move (I do not know where you got Re8).
>
>Greeting,
>José.

dead drawn from the begining.  there are 19 moves that don't lose, none that
win...

Bob




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