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Subject: Re: KIller/Moves.

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:01:16 11/08/01

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On November 08, 2001 at 07:45:59, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On November 07, 2001 at 15:51:59, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On November 07, 2001 at 12:22:05, William Dozier wrote:
>>
>>>Good day to all of you, Question: Is there a killer book for black? Is there a
>>>book for black, so it can counter all the white moves. When does the table base
>>>start kicking in; in crafty?
>>
>>I doubt that there is any "killer book" for black or white, assuming your
>>opponent does his homework.
>>
>>tablebases start getting hit when there are around 16 pieces left on the board,
>>most of the time.  Others might get different results of course.  I have seen
>>hits with 20 pieces left...  but not very often.
>
>With all extensions turned on i get hits from openings position
>already after a night of search with big hashtable.

Overnight that is possible.  I interpreted it as "during a real game".  :)



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