Author: James T. Walker
Date: 05:31:36 03/10/02
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On March 10, 2002 at 00:44:31, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 09, 2002 at 21:57:06, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On March 08, 2002 at 12:44:23, Andrew R. Case wrote: >> >>>On March 07, 2002 at 08:19:43, James T. Walker wrote: >>> >>>>Just finished another match with Fritz 5.32. This time vs Junior 7 at Game/30 >>>>minutes. Both programs running on an Athlon 1.4G connected by auto232. Both >>>>programs had 128M hash and all 3/4/5 tablebases. Both programs running in the >>>>Junior 7 GUI. Final score is Junior 7 won by 34.5-31.5. As always PGN avaiable >>>>to anyone who wants it. >>>>Jim >>> >>> >>> I didn't know that Fritz5.32 supported tanlebases, at least it doesn't on >>>my system. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. >> >>Well I believe the GUI handles the tablebases when down to 5 men or less. I >>think Fritz 5.32 does not use tablebases at the leafs of the search like the >>newer programs do. >>Jim > >I believe that you are right and I believe that it is not fair. > >The gui should not use tablebases and only the engine should do it. > >I believe it is possible to solve the problem by telling the gui not to use >tablebases. > >The engine is going to continue to use it if "use tablebases" is in the engine >parameters so it will cause no problem to the new engines. > >Uri I'm not sure I understand why you say "it is not fair". Can you explain your stand on this issue? I see nothing unfair with this. I see the Chess Program as a combination of the engine and the GUI. I am using the Junior 7 GUI because it is more stable than the Fritz 5.32 GUI but they both used tablebases. Jim
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