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Subject: Re: tablebases Fritz problem

Author: Boris Burrakowski

Date: 02:40:22 04/04/00

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On April 04, 2000 at 03:36:48, Bertil Eklund wrote:

>On April 04, 2000 at 02:37:26, blass uri wrote:
>
>>On April 04, 2000 at 02:17:14, Bertil Eklund 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.
>>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>Totally nonsense, I have followed houndreds of games with the Turbo-CDs and
>>>usually it works excellent. The CDs contain almost all important endings and if
>>>you want to earn say a ½ elo or support Seagate or IBM you can fill them with
>>>the other mostly obscure endgames.
>>>
>>>Bertil
>>
>>I think that the main reason that it work excellent is that the opponent usually
>>resigns before going to endgame like KRQ vs KR
>>
>>Uri
>
>Hi!
>
>I haven't checked the above game but I haven't seen a program that can not win
>with queen and rook against rook.
>
>Bertil

Hi!

I'm just curious: Isn't it a good idea to get facts before getting into a
discussion? But it's true: everybody can hold an oppinion about anything without
having a clue on the subject.



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