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Subject: Re: Endgame trap; some progs see it - Fritz looking stupid again

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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