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Subject: Re: EGTB Question

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 15:05:04 01/20/03

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On January 20, 2003 at 15:28:04, Eiko Bleicher wrote:

>On January 20, 2003 at 15:23:02, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On January 20, 2003 at 13:11:48, Eiko Bleicher wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>AFAIK the endgame tablebases like the Nalimov Tablebases use one byte per
>>>position. Thus, the max. length results in somewhere about 126 moves to win /
>>>loose.
>>>
>>>Now the question is this: How do these databases handle the positions that are
>>>mate in 130 or 140 or ....
>>>
>>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>Eiko
>>
>>
>>you go to more bits per entry. :)
>
>But does anybody really do that today?

Yes.. you have no choice...




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