Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:04:43 11/08/01
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On November 08, 2001 at 14:46:15, Tony Werten wrote: >On November 08, 2001 at 12:01:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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". :) > >Depends on where you probe. I probe everywhere and have seen tablebasehits with >30 pieces on the board in 3 minute searches. Useless but funny. > >Tony What happens when you get into 8-10 piece endings? Does your speed die? I did that early on and actually lost winnable games, because I slowed down so bad the search depth was not enough to reach won positions. IE from 100K it would drop to 1-5K...
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