Author: Paul Richards
Date: 09:24:17 05/27/99
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On May 26, 1999 at 21:53:29, James Robertson wrote: >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. :) Hmm, I see that my special knowledge of reading comprehension needs some work. ;)
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