Author: Norm Pollock
Date: 08:27:30 10/25/04
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On October 25, 2004 at 11:20:32, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >On October 25, 2004 at 10:40:33, Norm Pollock wrote: > >>On October 25, 2004 at 09:41:07, GuyHaworth wrote: >> >>>On October 25, 2004 at 09:02:14, Henry Hongdoyo wrote: >>> >>>>Hello Joost, >>>> >>>>This is really my last question. >>>>Fen string : 7k/8/8/6Pp/8/8/8/K7 w - h6 0 1 >>>>Nalimov give me wrong Distance To Mate because not >>>>consider Enpassant in h6. (should be 0) >>>>where can i add this condition ? >>>>i try to check enp variable; but it didn't work. >>>> >>>>what should i do to handle enpassant status in h6 >>> >>> >>>I thought Eugene's EGTs included positions with e.p. options. >>> >>>The problem may be in the interface to EN's EGTs. >>> >>>For example, http://chess.jaet.org/endings/ does not seem to pick up the e.p. >>>information from the FEN string. >>> >>>g >> >>It is my understanding that e.p. is not covered in Nalimov tables, and is >>therefore a bug. The resulting problem is due to the fact that 5-man tables >>start being accessed with 12-14 pieces on the board (with my moderate speed >>machine, more pieces on the board with fast machines). The likelihood of ep with >>only 5 pieces is practically nil, but ep does occur with 12-14 pieces on the >>board. > >Your understanding is wrong. > >Thanks, >Eugene I'm glad to hear that. There are 2 things about N-Tables I would like to know, especially because my moderate speed machine relies very heavily on them when it plays on playchess. One, is the afore-mentioned questioned about e.p. The other is how to determine the best size for the tb cache. Thanks, Norm
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