Author: Dragos Gabudeanu
Date: 22:13:45 11/18/99
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On November 19, 1999 at 01:09:58, blass uri wrote: >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 Don't you think it's a shame though?? "Professional" program and can't even mate in a such a simple endgame--simple for the computer, that is--regarding KBB vs. King Dragos
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