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Subject: Re: Fritz6a's stupid blunder

Author: Mark Young

Date: 10:47:53 04/09/00

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On April 09, 2000 at 13:28:08, blass uri wrote:

>On April 09, 2000 at 13:16:59, Mark Young wrote:
><snipped>
>>  -+  (-4.38)   Depth: 16/36   00:05:02  106030kN, tb=149103
>>1...Kg4-f3 2.Qg5xf4+ Kf3-e2 3.Kf6-e5 Qf2xf4+ 4.e3xf4 e4-e3 5.f4-f5 Ke2-d1
>>6.f5-f6
>
>I do not understand it.
>149103 tablebases hits are a very big number and Fritz does not see that Kf3
>Qxf4+ Ke2 Ke5 Qxf4+ is a draw.

I can only guess.... yes the number is big, but I guess Fritz 6a's TB depth was
chopping off the key move QxP.(1.Kf3 *Qxf4*) Untill it probes this line it is
just wasting its time and the numbers of useless TB hits will be huge.

>
>How does it get 149103 tablebases hits when it cannot hit the tablebases even
>after 5 plies?
>
>Uri



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