Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 09:40:09 05/04/04
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On May 04, 2004 at 12:15:34, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >On May 04, 2004 at 11:43:17, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>On May 04, 2004 at 10:57:34, Tony Werten wrote: >> >>>You forgot 1 more: Use tablebases .... >> >>No, they are too big. The KQKR tablebases alone consume more than 1 MB. >>:-( >> > >Almost .0002% of my hard disk space! ... and more than 20% of the unused space on my Palm. :-) But in fact, I prefer not to use TBs even at the PC, for aesthetical reasons. Using more than 1 MB of disk space just in order to play KQKR endgames perfectly is really ugly. The TB code in itself is also a problem, because it almost doubles the size of my executable. I can accept to double the size of my executable if it gives me 200 Elo points for free, but not if I only get 20 Elo points. The complete 5-piece TBs almost certainly give me *less* than 20 Elo points, and are therefore definitely not worth the cost. The next version of my engine will probably no longer include tablebase support. Tord
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