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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