Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:51:03 01/19/00
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On January 19, 2000 at 15:29:06, Lonnie Cook wrote: >On January 19, 2000 at 13:14:39, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: > >>On January 19, 2000 at 12:39:22, Randy Schmidt wrote: >> >>>This is not so amazing.... >>> >>>There are many positions where a KNN vs. a kp are winning. >>>The idea is that when the weaker side has to move the pawn, >>>one can make progress with the knights. >>> >>>I recall FIDE even extending the 50-move rule to allow >>>for this situation even giving a graph of where the pawn had >>>to be behind... >>> >>>So you see, this is not that amazing :) >>The Russian study composer Trotsky is the name here, >>he established those graphs way back in the 30´s,IIRC. JAFM > >First X I seen it personally and I've been on ICC for about 3 years now. person >who I talked to said it was first time he had seen this at such a high level, >another person emailed me and said Ferret did it one time and announce mate in >103 with tables but I had no tables with shredder I have seen it at least a dozen times in Crafty's games, and at least once (mate in 104) in one of Ferret's games vs another computer... It happened vs a GM at least once (Junior on ICC).
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