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Subject: Re: Effect of tablebases on programs' performance

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:02:37 05/29/01

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On May 29, 2001 at 20:22:53, Chessfun wrote:

>On May 29, 2001 at 17:55:11, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>This already happens.  IE in the SSDF testing, Crafty generally uses a normal
>>(not special) Fritz book via the ChessBase GUI.  Good or bad?  Hard to say.
>
>
>That normal book you reference is general.ctg.
>General.ctg happens to be the book used by the program which was #1 for over a
>year Fritz 6.
>
>Maybe not special for Crafty but clearly not a bad book.
>If you wanted a tuned book naturally that was your choice to supply one to
>chessbase or stipulate how and what to use in creating a special crafty.ctg when
>you gave them permission to make a CB usable crafty.
>
>Sarah.

"good or bad" was not directed at "the book".  It was directed at "the concept
of one book, several programs..."  of which mine happens to be one.  Clearly it
helped in some of the SSDF testing as the book is very good.



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