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Subject: Re: Has anyone actually seen Deep Fritz use a 6-man tablebase?

Author: Henrik Boye Laursen

Date: 10:36:27 01/05/04

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On January 05, 2004 at 11:46:55, Peter Kasinski wrote:

>On January 05, 2004 at 07:58:31, Henrik Boye Laursen wrote:
>
>>On January 04, 2004 at 18:06:54, Peter Kasinski wrote:
>>
>>>If so, please let me know :-)
>>>
>>>I have about a dozen 6-man files downloaded from Bob's site. None of the
>>>positions (e.g. KNNBKN) is recognized and the familiar instant moves do not
>>>happen unless a capture is executed and a 5-men ending is reached.
>>>
>>>The engine (ver. 8.1.1.0) recognizes all 3-4-5 man files no problem...
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>PK
>>
>>I have no problems at all. However I installed from the tablebases from
>>Chessbase's DVDs. Maybe there is a difference.
>>
>>BR
>>
>>Henrik
>
>Oh, I see. Then it is probably required for this to function.
>I wonder - is the naming convention for the 6 man files the same?  For example,
>would the QQ vs QQ be called kqqkqqnbb.emd?
>
>Thanks,
>PK

The mentioned tablebase has the name kqqkqq.nbw.emd so maybe there are
differences.

Others are called e.g. kbppkr.6.nbb.emd and knppkr.5.wbw.emd

Best Regards

Henrik






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