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Subject: Re: What's wrong? Fritz or TB's?! TO ALL THOSE WHO RESPONDED!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:13:17 03/22/01

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On March 22, 2001 at 10:28:40, James T. Walker wrote:

>On March 22, 2001 at 09:56:43, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On March 22, 2001 at 01:00:52, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>I guess I should have made this more clear in my original post, but I have ALL
>>>3/4/5 piece tablebases & I compared them _ALL_ with the ones on Hyatt's FTP
>>>site, and they are _ALL_ the same size.  Therefore, it's not the tablebases.  I
>>>have them all, they are in the correct directory, everything is correct in my
>>>chssbase.ini file, all that is cool.  This is either, 1.) an error in fritz or
>>>2.) an error in the tablebase.  I have the latest service pack, and everything
>>>on my end is up to date, a-ok.  Even ran a scandisk and nothing on my HD is
>>>corrupted.
>>>
>>>Anyone else have this problem in their Fritz?  That was the main question.  If
>>>you load the #43 position, and will your Fritz mate with all the 3/4/5 pieces?
>>>
>>>Thanks again,
>>>Slate
>>
>>Hello Slate,
>>Did you read my post below?  My Fritz and tablebases work perfectly.  Fritz
>>announces Mate in 16 instantly when you have the proper tablebases.  You must
>>have a problem with one or the other.  You can test your tablebases by trying
>>the same position with another program like Crafty.  If you get the same results
>>then you have a tablebase problem.  If Crafty works then you have a Fritz
>>problem.
>>Jim
>
>Hmmm, I forgot.  Crafty may be a bad one to use because Bob may have put in a
>work around when a tablebase is missing.  Not sure.  But the idea is still good
>if you have any other program that uses tablebases.
>Jim


This is correct.  Crafty will work fine without the promotion tablebases,
although it is _always_ better to have them.  Once you reach a 5-piece
ending at the root, it will work well.  But in the search, a missing tablebase
will cause missing information and wrong answers..



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