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Subject: Re: Endgame position, hash and EGTB cache

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:02:29 01/23/01

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On January 23, 2001 at 15:49:44, Ernst Walet wrote:

>On January 23, 2001 at 15:45:13, Ernst Walet wrote:
>
>>I'm wondering what gives better results, conservative probing with 3-4-5 piece
>>tb's, or agressively probing without the 5 piece.  The latter hardly slows down
>>the search due to the fact that the 30 MB of 3 and 4 piece tb's easely fit into
>>the cache (if large enough of course).  What do you think, Dieter?
>>
>>I suppose that the testing you describe was done with all 3,4 and 5 piece tb's?
>>
>>Ernst.
>
>Sorry, forget the last question, after re-reading your post I found the answer.

I also have a setup on my machine with just 4 piece files and accidentally ran
against it for a few hours.  It takes far longer to find the solution with only
the 4 piece files for this position.  The five piece files are a definite, clear
win for Yace in this one.



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