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Subject: Re: Endgame tables for Tiger.

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:00:50 11/22/00

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On November 22, 2000 at 13:36:41, Lex Loep wrote:

>On November 22, 2000 at 11:15:04, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>
>>On November 22, 2000 at 09:25:56, Lex Loep wrote:
>>
>>>The support for the Thompson tables is still in the Lokasoft engine.
>>
>>Are the 3-piece tablebase files mentioned by George, created by Ken Thompson? If
>>they are I haven't screwed up completely.
>>
>>Mogens.
>
>These are Edwards table bases and required by the Lokasoft engine.
>
>Lex


Why use them?  The Nalimov tables are (a) much smaller;  (b) faster to access;
(c) include enpassant;  (d) more readily available over the internet.  IE my
ftp machine has all the 3-4-5 piece files, and a _bunch_ of 6 piece files for
those interested.



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