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Subject: Re: HD of Year 2010 and Openings, Midlegames and Endgames.

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 10:30:23 03/22/99

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On March 22, 1999 at 13:25:15, Eugene Nalimov wrote:

[snip]
>
>Stiller in his dissertation gives DTC (not DTM - they will be larger)
>for some classes of 6-man endings:
>  KRNKNN  243
>  KRBKNN  223
>  KRNKBN  190
>  KQNKRR  153
>  KRNKBB  140
>  KRRNKQ  101
>  etc.
>Please note that all those endings are pawnless, so, according to the
>rules, actual DTC cannot be more than 50. But for endings with pawns
>it still can be 200. Or even 500.
>
[big snip]

	What is the definition of conversion? I think that mate and captures are
conversions, and also pawn promotions. My main doubt is if every pawn advance is
a conversion.



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