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Subject: Re: Do todays fast computers really need EGTB's???

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 21:51:09 07/25/02

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On July 26, 2002 at 00:43:55, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On July 25, 2002 at 16:09:32, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On July 24, 2002 at 14:24:38, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>Les Fernandez did an experiment that showed no significant gain in ELO from
>>>using EGTB in crafty.
>>>
>>>However, the chess is more beautiful if you use EGTB files.
>>
>>Johan once told me that, in all of the tournament games he has played with The
>>King, he believes he has only lost 1/2 point due to not having EGTB files.
>>
>>So, while I agree with Bob that it is not a "zero gain", I suspect it may be
>>closer to zero than some might think.
>
>I think if the EGTB files were held in memory, there would be an enormous gain.

I do not believe in it.
EGTB are irrelevant for most of the games.

Uri



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