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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