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Subject: Re: The importance of tablebases with programs.. freeware vs commercial

Author: Kevin Strickland

Date: 11:36:45 06/07/02

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On June 07, 2002 at 13:12:53, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>But it is hard facts that if i would have had in 1999 (februari) the
>tablebases, that i would have won paderborn ipccc1999 tournament.
>
>Chance the EGTBs make the difference between winning a tournament or now
>now in 2002 is way less.

You are saying that if you had the tablebases in use in 1999 that you would have
_won_ the event?

Name:                  Points:             Refined:
P.ConNerS               5.5                  27
Nimzo98                 4.5                  30.5
Patzer                  4.5                  28
Shredder                4.5                  27
Ikarus                  4.5                  27
Diep                    4                    27.5
SOS                     4                    21
Gandalf                 3.5                  28
Isichess                3.5                  20.5
Neurologic              3                    22.5
XXXXII                  3                    22.5
Comet                   3                    19.5
Gromit                  1.5                  20
Diogenes                0                    22

So you would have been able to find an extra 2 full points to take the
tournament? How is that?

I think to make that statement is utter horseshit. The games you LOST in the
event were not due at all to tablebase use. I just looked at them. You LOST way
before the endgame in both games. How would tbs at all helped you?

Once again is this a situation where Diep should have won blindfolded?



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