Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 02:02:10 01/20/00
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On January 20, 2000 at 02:39:51, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On January 19, 2000 at 20:12:57, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On January 19, 2000 at 18:20:20, Mark Young wrote: >> >>>On January 19, 2000 at 17:51:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>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). >>> >>>I know Ferret won this endgame against Rebel 9 when I was testing it on ICC. It >>>was pretty cool! >> >>I was watching that game as it happened on ICC. It's one of my all time >>favorite computer chess moments. :-) >> >>Do you recall Ferret's exact mate announcement? I know it was over 100, but I >>thought it might have been as high as 120. >> >>--Peter > >More than 100 but under 110, I can't remember the exact number. I was worried >that it would be a 50-move draw, but Mark and/or his software made a mistake so >the game was over very soon. > >If anyone can remember anything about the game, like which accounts were >involved or when it was played, I might be able to find it. OR IF Mark remembers generally when he beta-tested Rebel8, u could have an ICC adm download the whole slew of games (they have no limitations) in that spectrum and then run a position search with CB > >bruce > > >bruce
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