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Subject: Mathematical Proof of Tablebase Accuracy

Author: Mike Hood

Date: 18:41:03 02/02/03


To quote the words of a cynic during the Chessbase commentary on Kasparov-DJ
Game 4: "I doubt whether more than 1% of all positions in the tablebases have
been checked independently. And a mathematical proof of their correctness is not
easy at all."

Let's forget the cynicism for a moment. I personally have no doubt in the
accuracy of the tablebases, based on my empirical observations of a few
positions extrapolated to the millions of other positions. My question is: Is a
mathematical proof of tablebase accuracy at all possible?



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