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Subject: Re: Is having _all_ tablebases better than having just _most_ of them?

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 15:00:50 01/22/01

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On January 22, 2001 at 12:52:04, Peter Kasinski wrote:

>
>I am trying to understand the impact of _not_ having some of the tablebases on
>programs like Crafty or Deep Fritz.  Loading K+Q+Q+R vs K on my hard disk seems
>almost frivolous. Would it weaken the program if some of these _clearly always
>won_ cases were not present?
>
>thanks,
>PK

I just dragged and dropped the tablebase directory from the Junior6 CDrom into a
directory on my HD, and I just let Chessbase take care of selecting them for me.

C:\WINDOWS>cd\tablebse

C:\tablebse>ls
kbbknbb.emd   knknnbb.emd   kppkpnbb.emd  kqpknbb.emd   krkpnbb.emd
kbbknbw.emd   knknnbw.emd   kppkpnbw.emd  kqpknbw.emd   krkpnbw.emd
kbkbnbb.emd   knkpnbb.emd   kqbknbb.emd   kqqknbb.emd   krkrnbb.emd
kbkbnbw.emd   knkpnbw.emd   kqbknbw.emd   kqqknbw.emd   krkrnbw.emd
kbknbb.emd    knnknbb.emd   kqknbb.emd    kqrknbb.emd   krnknbb.emd
kbknbw.emd    knnknbw.emd   kqknbw.emd    kqrknbw.emd   krnknbw.emd
kbknnbb.emd   knnknnbb.emd  kqknnbb.emd   krbknbb.emd   krnkrnbb.emd
kbknnbw.emd   knnknnbw.emd  kqknnbw.emd   krbknbw.emd   krnkrnbw.emd
kbkpnbb.emd   knpknbb.emd   kqkpnbb.emd   krbkrnbb.emd  krpknbb.emd
kbkpnbw.emd   knpknbw.emd   kqkpnbw.emd   krbkrnbw.emd  krpknbw.emd
kbnknbb.emd   kpknbb.emd    kqkqnbb.emd   krkbnbb.emd   krrknbb.emd
kbnknbw.emd   kpknbw.emd    kqkqnbw.emd   krkbnbw.emd   krrknbw.emd
kbpknbb.emd   kpkpnbb.emd   kqkrnbb.emd   krknbb.emd
kbpknbw.emd   kpkpnbw.emd   kqkrnbw.emd   krknbw.emd
knknbb.emd    kppknbb.emd   kqnknbb.emd   krknnbb.emd
knknbw.emd    kppknbw.emd   kqnknbw.emd   krknnbw.emd

Seems to be 76 tablebases.

Pete





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