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Subject: Re: Are five piece table bases worth it?

Author: Aaron Tay

Date: 06:32:02 06/10/03

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On June 09, 2003 at 08:09:02, Mike Hood wrote:

>On June 08, 2003 at 20:41:42, Dave Kuntzsch wrote:
>
>>Just got a new computer that is large enough to hold the five piece table bases.
>>Do they appreciably improve ELO if the program is already relatively strong? Or
>>are they only good for tricky endings that occur infrequently? Has anyone done a
>>same engine study with one using the four piece, and the other the five piece?
>>I'm currenty downloading them, just in case.
>>
>>Dave
>
>I would answer your question with a definite Yes.

>All of the top chess programs use EGTB probing. That's an argument in itself,
>isn't it? If a chess programmer thought EGTBs wouldn't improve his engine's
>performance he wouldn't add it. The strongest engine that I know that doesn't
>use EGTB probing is List.

Actually the strongest chess program that does not use EGTB probing is The King.
It does not use them untill the position is already on the board.

Aaron



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