Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:23:15 04/04/03
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On April 04, 2003 at 10:53:58, Tony Werten wrote: >On April 04, 2003 at 02:10:35, GuyHaworth wrote: > >> >>I don't think the very latest Fritz/Shredder versions deal with Eugene Nalimov's >>multi-part file-format, even though they handle 6-man in the previous format. >> >>Rafael Andrist's WILHELM, rich in endgame-function, at >>http://www.geocities.com/rba_schach2000/overview.htm >> >>does, and will MD5sum-check the files against file-corruption. >> >> >>The scope, type and even the format of EGTs is changing. EGTs to non-DTM >>metrics could be more useful and are smaller. > >Could you elaborate on that ? How are they smaller ? > >Tony The first thing that comes to mind is that with DTM, every successive "level" 4-piece to 5 piece" adds to the depth of mate. With DTC this is not as bad. 1=byte values might work for DTC for a while, and if we follow the rules for chess, it will work _forever_ since you can't go more than 50 moves before you push something capture something. > >> >>The fact that commercial engines cannot take on these developments at runtime is >>less than satisfactory for their users. There is a case for moving the 'endgame >>server' function out to a separate 'agent' which can do so. >> >> >>- guy
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