Author: blass uri
Date: 00:42:55 12/19/99
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On December 19, 1999 at 03:20:54, blass uri wrote: >8/8/3R4/5k1r/P7/5p2/1K6/8 b - - 0 1 > >This position is from games between Junior5 and inm301. > >Is there a program that understand that this position is a draw? > >I think that it is a draw because whits can sacrifice the rook for a pawn and >force a draw. > >I expected tablebases to help programs to see the draw but unfortunately they >did not help hiarcs7.32 or crafty16.6 under hiarcs to see the draw. > >If I am wrong and it is not a draw can a program see a forced mate for one side? >Uri I am probably wrong because after f2 Rd1 Rh3 is winning for black. It is not easy for programs to see mate by tablebases because they have no KQ vs KRP tablebases. How much time need your programs to find the simple move Rh3? Uri
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