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Subject: Re: cp5/tablebases

Author: David Weber

Date: 17:21:29 02/05/04

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On February 05, 2004 at 19:38:23, Chessfun wrote:
Can't figure this out. With 3,4,5 man's it dislpays mate but with new 4,5,6
man's it just keeps analizing
>On February 05, 2004 at 19:07:33, David Weber wrote:
>
>>I recently installed the new Turbo endgame Tablebases 4,5,6 man from
>>chessbase.Large 20+ gig file. Using shredder 8 uci in chesspartner 5.3 I elected
>>use tablebases "true", and provided namilov path C:\Tablebases. I don't think
>>there being used though because in obvious endgame postions (i.e. KrKrp etc.)
>>the search does not slow down nor does the program stop analizing. Is there a
>>way to check if the engine is using the tablebases?
>
>
>I think you'll find that Shredder 8 uses tablebases but that in drawn positions
>it chooses to search for a move. You can check set - up the following position
>and Shredder 8 in CP click analysis, should display mate as follows;
>
>[D]4k3/7r/8/8/8/8/4P3/R3K3 w Q -
>
>
>00:00:00.6	-4.37	1	2	Ra7 Rxa7
>00:00:00.6	-5.36	1	4	Ra7 Rxa7
>00:00:00.6	-5.31	1	5	Ra7 Rxa7
>00:00:00.6	1.16	1	6	Kd2
>00:00:00.6	1.16	1	7	Kd2
>00:00:00.6	 Mate in 25	1	11	Ra8+ Kf7
>00:00:00.6	 Mate in 25	1	12	Ra8+ Kf7
>00:00:00.6	 Mate in 25	2	23	Ra8+ Kf7
>00:00:00.6	 Mate in 25	3	39	Ra8+ Kf7
>00:00:00.6	 Mate in 25	4	55	Ra8+ Kf7
>
>Sarah.



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