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Subject: Re: What about your Hard Drives??

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 12:03:37 01/01/02

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On January 01, 2002 at 14:43:39, Roy Eassa wrote:

>Conclusion: hard drive speed makes a difference if you are using tablebases but
>not if you aren't.  A good demonstration, but the result is not a total
>surprise.

Hello Roy,
That's true but consider this before you decide to delete your tablebases.  Here
is the same position on computer B but with no tablebase access.  Notice that is
almost the exact same amount of time without tablebases Fritz 7 has reached one
ply less in search depth even though it has searched more nodes.  Also note
without the tablebases Fritz 7 thinks white is slightly ahead.

[D]3R4/8/8/4q3/5p1k/5K1P/3R4/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fritz 7:

1.R2d3 Kxh3 2.R8d5 Qe8 3.R5d4 Kh4 4.Rxf4+ Kg5 5.Rd5+ Kg6 6.Rd6+ Kg7 7.Rfd4 Qh5+
8.Ke4
  ²  (0.60)   Depth: 9/22   00:00:00  246kN
  ²  (0.57)   Depth: 16/38   00:03:50  186522kN



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