Author: Werner Schuele
Date: 08:45:31 08/11/01
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On August 11, 2001 at 09:52:48, John Hatcher wrote: >This problem has me puzzled. (I'm easily puzzled.) > >I was analyzing this position from the 8th round of the Montreal International >-IM Irina Krush was playing Black. > >Celeron 333mhz, 48mb hash > >ChessTiger 14 (Chessbase) GUI >Most important (but not all) 5 man tablebases > >Engines used in analysis (all with tablebase support): >Chess Tiger 14 >Crafty 18.10 (Chessbase version) >Little Goliath 1.5 (Chessbase version) >Fritz 6 > >[D]8/5p2/3k3p/7Q/P7/6PK/2pq4/8 w - - 0 1 > >When I used Little Goliath 1.5 to anaylze this position it started accessing the >tablebases instantly, and accessed them throughout its analysis. > >Now, here's what puzzles me - when I analyzed the position with Chess Tiger, >Crafty 18.10, and Fritz 6, none of the engine access the tablebases during their >analysis. > >All four of these engines usually access and use tablebases without a problem. >Is there something about this position and the engines which results in only >Little Goliath using tablebases when analyzing it? > >That Crafty is not using the tablebases really has me puzzled. I thought Crafty >was capable of using tablebases even if the tablebase set was incomplete (unlike >some engines). > >I don't get it. Any ideas? > >JOHN Hi, I have all tbs and can report following: ct14 starts with tbs on death 10 tb=1 crafty on death 7 tb=1 fritz6 death 9 tb=1 S5.32 death 6 tb=11 GL1.5 death 6 tb=1 and later all progs use more tbs Werner
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