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Subject: Re: 50 move rule applied to computer tournaments.

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 19:01:49 02/04/00

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On February 04, 2000 at 21:25:07, Marc Plum wrote:

>I've just been reading the "drawn position" thread relating to a game between
>Nimzo and Shredder in Enrique Irazoqui's tournament.  One sub-thread concerned a
>possible KPvsknn ending.  This position was not forced, I believe, but was a
>plausible variation.  Although tablebases showed it to be a mate in 62,
>application of the 50 move rule would make it a draw.

KP vs knn has some pieces and pawns... are you sure the database variation
doesn't contain any pawn pushes or captures?

-Tom



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