Author: blass uri
Date: 22:09:58 11/18/99
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On November 19, 1999 at 00:30:18, Dragos Gabudeanu wrote: >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 There is no contradiction. you do not lose more than few elo ratings by not knowing KBN vs K and KBB vs K Uri
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