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Subject: Re: Why would tablebases have any relevance?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 21:01:27 06/08/02

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On June 08, 2002 at 00:37:12, Derek Winter wrote:

>Unless you are down to the rare 5-man positions, why would tablebases improve
>play at all in the chess engines?


Sure.  Suppose you are in a 10 piece ending.  Would you exchange off the
pair of rooks you and your opponent each have, to reach a KRP vs KR ending
where you lose?.  Even though by exchanging the rooks, you won a pawn?

That is how tables help...



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