Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 01:07:06 12/01/01
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On November 30, 2001 at 17:46:12, Chessfun wrote:
>On November 30, 2001 at 16:18:24, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On November 30, 2001 at 16:13:12, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On November 30, 2001 at 14:35:37, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 30, 2001 at 05:16:46, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>... or actually not! Gandalf gains a lot rating points and Tiger loses.
>>>>>
>>>>>Jouni
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>It is not surprising, because Chess Tiger has been given only partial tablebases
>>>>during this match.
>>>>
>>>>As pointed out somewhere else, because of this lack of TB some wins have been
>>>>turned into draws.
>>>>
>>>>It would have been better to not give any TBs to Tiger at all. I'm sure the
>>>>result would have been better.
>>>>
>>>>This result leaves a bitter taste. Thousands of hours of work (mine and the
>>>>hours spend by the SSDF testers on this match) spoiled by an inferior setup.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Christophe
>>>
>>>I believe that other programs also used exactly the same tablebases.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>
>>
>>That's not the problem. The problem is not that unequal means have been used by
>>both programs, the problem is that using partial TBs with Chess Tiger is an
>>incorrect setup.
>>
>>It might not be a problem for another program, but for Chess Tiger it is.
>>Instead of using partial TBs it would have been better to use no TB at all.
>>
>>What am I supposed to do? Should Chess Tiger refuse to run when partial TBs have
>>been installed?
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>Do you know exactly what tablebases were used?
>Isn't it also possible that as Gandalf saw the mate in x, that
>one or more of the tablebases in Gambit was corrupt.?
I know that some tablebase were missing. It could have been a corrupted one, but
I think it's just a partial TB install.
Christophe
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