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Subject: Re: Forget it

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 21:30:11 08/10/03

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On August 10, 2003 at 12:28:25, Heinz-Josef Schumacher wrote:

>>So a senseful recommendation IMO is to play and test the programs either
>"out-of-the-box" or with a complete set of tbs.
>
>Yes, it's my opion too. To test with the incomplete "Fritz Endgame Turbo" is
>stupid non-sense! If the SSDF people don't have a complete set of 5 men tbs,
>they should test better only with 4 men tbs!
e to

Why?  A _sensible_ program can do just fine without complete EGTB's.
Particularly
when you have the case of (say) KXPKX, but you don't have the KXQKX table to
encourage the promotion correctly.

That is solvable.

Since it has caused significant problems for many programs for a long time, it
is
something that deserves fixing.



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