Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:54:24 11/06/01
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On November 06, 2001 at 11:10:43, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >On November 06, 2001 at 10:21:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>If you find that the present position (at the root) is a mate in N, but after >>you try each legal move you can't find a TB score of mate in N-1, then you >>_must_ have a missing TB. Just turn the tablebases off _completely_ as the >>promotion should be findable by normal search. > >You don't need to turn them off completely. It is enough, to not probe the >number of pieces currently on the board. So, in a 5-men situation, probing 4-men >tables will not yield in any problems. > >Regards, >Dieter Actually it can. The problem is that your search might think you are not doing so well, and take a 4-man draw, rather than a 5-man position that looks bad but is actually winning. I think if you do without some, you have to do without all, otherwise you get mixed up evaluations. YMMV of course...
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