Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 21:37:04 11/23/98
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On November 23, 1998 at 22:35:10, Ivo Fasiori wrote: >I have just begun to use Ken Thompson's endgame CDs with CB7... >Can anyone explain to me the meaning of the >abbreviations that appears on the right of each move? >For example: "M0" "P6" "-P14" and so on. > >Moreover: I'm interested in endgame research. Till now >I have found only the very interesting Stiller's site >(ftp://ftp.cs.jhu.edu/pub/stiller/). >Could anyone suggest to me any other site on the same topic? > >Thanks > >Ivo I don't have the ChessBase version but I do have the Shredder version which is based on the same CDROMs. In Shredder an EX stands for the endgame transposing to another tablebase in the next move with the resulting endgame being won in X number of moves. This may be the PX that you state. Moves that do not lose are indicated with a 0. In Shredder moves which will transpose to another tablebase endgame are marked with a UX with X meaning the number of moves to transpose. A number without a letter indicates a win. Moves indicated with an MX are mate moves in X number of moves. Note that ChessBase lettering may be completely different from the above, but you should be able to figure out what the lettering is from the above explanation since they are both Ken Thompson's CDROMS and thus have the same system. -- Komputer Korner
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