Author: Harald Faber
Date: 22:40:11 08/10/03
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On August 11, 2003 at 00:30:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. Bob, it is always the same senseless discussion. You say a "good" program solves this problem, we ask why? This is the same topic as with mating with knight+bishop. Implement or not while the tbs solve it. As a programmer I wouldn't waste my time implementing already solved and available (!) knowledge.
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