Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:34:28 09/26/99
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On September 26, 1999 at 13:27:33, Chris Taylor wrote: >In Chess Engings for the Practical Player this position is given > >5k2/3R4/4K1p1/5p1p/5P1P/6P1/1b6/8 w - - 1 0 > >The move given to win is g4!! Rook against minor piece page 223 > >Hiarcs with more than 4 hours can not find this winning move? Hiarcs has gone >past 504 million positions and likes Rd2?! It has probed 218 times in the >tablebase? > >Does g4 win, or is the aforementioned book out of date in the light of modern >workings erm Tablebases? > >Chris Taylor >Notts >England this is a positional isue, not a tactical issue, most likely. If Hiarcs doesn't understand the idea behind the move, it isn't ever going to play it. I am not even sure is the right move. But the egtb probes sure seems low. I just ran this for 1 minute and got way over 30,000 probes...
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