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Subject: Re: Fritz 6 Endgame Weirdness

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 06:11:08 12/21/99

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On December 20, 1999 at 23:46:37, blass uri wrote:

>On December 20, 1999 at 21:48:29, Len Eisner wrote:
><snipped>
>>In any case, the position I mentioned should be covered by the KPP vs KP 5 >piece tablebase which I do have loaded.  So I don't know why Fritz 6 (and >H7.32 for that matter) plays f7 since it is obviously not the fastest winning >line.
>
>f7 is the fastest winning line that fritz6 and hiarcs7.32 know by tablebases
>of H732.
>
>They know nothing about kqp vs kp so the fact that there is a faster winning
>line(leading to KQP vs KP) is not relevant
>
>
>Uri

Hello Uri,
I believe you are right.  He should have the KQPKP tablebase to make this
endgame work properly.  It may even be counter productive to have any "Pawn"
tablebases without the proper "Promotion" tablebases to follow up.  For the
KPPKP tablebase you should have the KQPKP and KPPKQ at the very minimum.  These
endings are usually easy wins for the side with the Queen but that does not mean
that they are not required for the programs to transition into them correctly
from the KPPKP ending.
Jim Walker



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