Author: Anson T J
Date: 22:08:47 08/11/03
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>Not only SSDF do that. Companies are selling incomplete CDs sets, users download >only some TBs (I doubt many will download e.g.. kqqkb), etc. That is common >practice. > >If program cannot properly handle such practice I'd call that program's fault, >especially when ways to fix such a behavior are well-understood and discussed >here (and in other forums) lot of times. Such program will lost half a point >here and there, and in *my* opinion that's fair. > >If programmer still don't want to include proper fix, (s)he can modify the >program, so (for example) it will not start with incomplete set, or will not use >it, or will give large warning on startup, etc. > >BTW, those fixes will also lower product support costs... > >Thanks, >Eugene I believe the Chessbase Fritz GUI warns you if you have an incomplete set of tablebases and requires confirmation before proceding with a tournament game. I don't think its fair to penalise an engine because the tester set it up incorrectly. I can see why an incomplete set would cause problems but not how to solve it easily. If a position yields a score of mate in 8 due to tablebases, but the mate requires a transposition into a tablebase set that isn't present, the program will be choosing between a mate in 8 and a score of say 9.00 if it hasn't yet found the mate for itself. From Dr. Hyatts posts, I gather Crafty handles incomplete TBs, but how?
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