Author: Tony Hedlund
Date: 02:00:05 12/01/01
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On December 01, 2001 at 04:07:06, Christophe Theron wrote: >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. See Bertil's post above. Tony > Christophe
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