Author: James Robertson
Date: 18:53:29 05/26/99
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On May 26, 1999 at 18:09:30, Paul Richards wrote: >On May 26, 1999 at 13:30:47, James Robertson wrote: > >>My program has no clue either. I think the depth required to see that there is >>nothing better than repetition is quite high (my program did not see the >>repetition after 14 plies), and unless you have special knowledge, a program >>will not solve this one. > >Actually the depth is very low if the program understands this basic rule >of endgames, namely that if the pawn is a rook pawn, black can draw if >he can get his king to the queening square and the bishop is the wrong >color to force him out. This position is a clever test of this rule. That sounds like special knowledge. :) James
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