Are endgame tablebases cheating?

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varelse1 wrote:

Just read in Chess life that tablebases are allowed in correspondence chess.

Engines too, both in ICCF and LSS. Here it's a different ruleset.

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Engines?! really?!?!

Even Kasparov cannot beat an engine. Whats the point of even playing postal chess then?? if both sides are getting all their moves from a program.

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Because just picking the 'best' moves isn't enough to get good results.

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varelse1 wrote:

Engines?! really?!?!

Even Kasparov cannot beat an engine. Whats the point of even playing postal chess then?? if both sides are getting all their moves from a program.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_chess

And this:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2462