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Subject: Re: Nimzo 7.32 inept in some basic endgames?

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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