Author: Les Fernandez
Date: 10:40:59 10/03/03
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On October 03, 2003 at 09:45:36, Mark Rawlings wrote: >On October 02, 2003 at 04:09:22, Robert Allgeuer wrote: > >>Hi, >>I have run two self-play tests on this subject in the past, please refer to >>these links: >> >>http://www.chess-archive.com/ccc.php?art_id=281455 >>http://www.chess-archive.com/ccc.php?art_id=307405 >> >>The bottom-line of these tests (and at least another one that I am aware of) is >>that 5 men EGTBs do not give you a statistically measurable increase in playing >>strength compared to having no EGTBs. > >Is this because it slows down the search? The "no increase in strenght" has >been reported before, but it's still hard for me to believe... > >Mark > > >>But for endgame analysis I would still clearly prefer having them than not. >> >>Robert My thoughts are it may not be a measurable difference "yet" I suspect that if we were talking 9 or 10 piece egtb's then we would show the advantage. Not that 9 or 10 is the transisiton point but that as we have more pieces in a tb then the more measurable will be the advantage. Les
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