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Subject: Re: tablebases Fritz problem

Author: blass uri

Date: 23:42:34 04/03/00

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On April 04, 2000 at 00:31:21, Harald Faber wrote:
>You see the result: worthless.
>
>Suggestions:
>1) only use all 3-man and 4-man TBs and leave the few 5-man from the
>EG-Turbo-CDs out.
>2) get/buy/generate the 5-man with queen(s) because of pawn promotion
>3) get/buy/generate ALL 5-man so you get REAL and MAXIMUM performance.
>
>The EG-Turbo-CDs aren't worth a penny. "...contain the most important
>endgames..." is marketing rubbish as you can see yourself with such games.

I do not think they aren't worth a penny but they are for analysis and not for
games.

The kRQ vs KR tablebases are not important for analysis because humans know to
win in these cases.

The KRP vs KR are important for analysis because humans often do not know the
right move.

Uri



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