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Subject: Re: Fritz 6 Endgame Weirdness

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 13:52:07 12/20/99

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On December 19, 1999 at 20:10:59, Len Eisner wrote:

>In the following endgame position, Fritz 6 plays f7??  I know this is the
>tablebase at work but it seems strange to me.  And after …a2, Fritz 6 plays
>Kg2?? which also look weird.  Then after Black queens the pawn with a1-Q, Fritz
>6 goes out of the table base and plays f8=q which is only good for a draw
>according the Thompson database on the Fritz 5 CD. If I had the Nalimov QPvsQ
>tablebase, Fritz 6 would have played g8=q and won.  But that table base does not
>come with the program.
>
>I created this position to test the table base.  It did not arise in an actual
>game.
>
>wKg1,Pf6,g7/bKb5,Pa3
>
>Len

Strange, My F6 plays g8Q, says that its check mate in 7 and do not hit the
tablebase at all. Are you sure you not are playing in sparring mode, friend mode
or other weak mode?

Torstein



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