Author: Dragos Gabudeanu
Date: 21:30:18 11/18/99
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On November 19, 1999 at 00:16:44, Imran Hendley wrote: >On November 18, 1999 at 23:56:01, eric guttenberg wrote: > >>I just got nimzo 7.32 and was somewhat surprised to find it absolutely >>clueless trying to mate with K, B and N v. lone K...but I was shocked >>that it was equally inept with K and 2 bishops v. lone King. When I >>reached a position with my lone white King at d2 and N7.32's bishops >>at d4 and e4 and its king at e5(black to move), Nimzo turned into the >>village idiot and moved its king around d6 and c7 and b8 and a8 until >>it was a draw, making not the slightest attempt to push me into a corner. >>I'm afraid to try K and R vs. K... >> >>Do I have a defective disc or is Nimzo 7.32 a defective program in this >>area? Or have I missed something? >> >> >>eric > >No program is smart enough to mate with K, B and N vs lone K without tablebases, >so that really isn't an issue. However I am also suprised that it couldn't do >anything with two bishops...that is a pretty easy mate. Lets see what other >people have to say about that. Actually, Genius5 CAN mate with King, Bishop and Knight vs. K. Rebel10 can too! And they don't even use tablebases... I'm surprised at Nimzo's playing--I thought it was a good program. Dragos
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