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Subject: Question about TableBases

Author: Robert Henry Durrett

Date: 19:05:07 05/18/98


I noticed a recent post about tablebases, plus also the below query
about this same topic.

Would someone please tell everybody what tablebases are and whether or
not they play any significant role in modern chess software?  Is it not
enough to just have a nice table and good hashtables?  If tablebases are
used, what do they offer or "buy you"?

>Posted by Rickard Björklund on May 18, 1998 at 09:52:07:

>Hi!

>I'm wondering about the state-of-art methods for creating tablebases.
>I've done a few chess and awari tablebases myself, but they are pretty
>slow and memory consuming.

>If I remember right Urban Koistinen posted something some years ago on
>rgcc, but I can't find it on DejaNews. So I'd be glad if someone has
>anything on the ideas behind it or if there are any new interesting
>things to try.

Rickard





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