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Subject: Re: saving space in 4 piece database

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 21:17:55 10/10/98

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On October 10, 1998 at 14:51:56, blass uri wrote:

>I think it is possible to save space by storing only win,draw,loss in these
>tablebases
>when you go to the position with 4 pieces you can generate the tablebase
>
>Maybe it is not practical for blitz but it can be practical for tournament time
>control.
>
>Uri

I would not want to generate either KBNK or KQKR on the fly...  because
I probe *in* the search, and need the result then, not just at the root.
And KQKR can't be built in a couple of minutes by anybody yet...  the 3-4
piece files take 3-4 *hours* to build, in total...



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