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Subject: Re: If/when Rebel Tiger is very strong, does it prove, that ...

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 03:23:27 11/15/00

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On November 15, 2000 at 05:16:42, Jouni Uski wrote:

>... tablebases are almost useless?!
>
>Jouni

Tablebases only matter in the deep endgame, and even then they come at a
performance cost. You can decide most games without getting close to needing
them.

You can play deep endgames well without tablebases if you evaluate the positions
reasonably. e.g. I know of one program that evaluates KBN vs. KB as +4 and
desperately needs the tablebases to set it right. A program that evaluates it
much closer to zero would do ok.

There are some genuine wins based on tablebases, e.g. Shredder vs. Rebel in
Paderborn WCCC.

Amir



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