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Subject: Re: Bug in KPKP

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 12:30:48 11/25/98

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On November 24, 1998 at 20:26:44, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>
>On November 24, 1998 at 19:48:24, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>
>>Everybody who downloaded/built KPKP tablebase,
>>
>>I found a bug in generator that caused generation of the
>>incorrect KPKP – and only it (there were problems with
>>en-passant captures).
>>
>>Please download KPKP (and generator, if you use it) from
>>Bob’s FTP site ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB.
>
>This will also wreck KXP v KP, where X is anything, right?
>
>bruce

Right, and that's exactly how it was found - KQPKP failed
to pass verification. I found the problem, and it happened
that KPKP was incorrect, too (I am lazy, and reused part
of the generator code in the verifier, too; the bug
appeared in that common code).

Fortunately, of 6 affected tablebases, only KPKP was on
Bob's FTP site. And it's small one, and can be
re-downloaded quickly enough, so problem is unpleasant
but not very serious.

Meanwhile, almost all 5-man 3+2 tablebases are on Bob's
FTP site now - only 3 left. Hopefully I'll be able to
generate remaining in a week or so.

Eugene



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