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Subject: Re: Endgame Position

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Does g4 win, or is the aforementioned book out of date in the light of modern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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