Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 08:03:45 08/10/04
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On August 10, 2004 at 05:25:42, Chris Taylor wrote: >Considered using the tablebases? You recently mentioned the endgame has your >attention. >Pro Deo has a good book! Plays a dam good middgame! So why not take advantage >of the Tbs.... Best of both worlds. IMHO... A good endgame, and look up tables >to allow ProDeo to play the ending, even better. For example, I have some of >the 6 piece, and I have noticed the programs that use these, seem to benefit >from the use of them. I don't believe TB's add that much strength to an engine. The engine itself handles 80-90% of KRPKR accurate, the same applies for KBPKB, KPK has a 99% hit. The only exception I see is KQPKQ. All the other endgame types occur seldom. So what you see is that so now and then the engine is generous and gives away half a point. Big deal. And as the saying says, "it's better to give than to receive", this in the spirit of the program name :) Reason-2, ordinary laziness. Programming TB's look boring, especially the testing. Reason-3, there are some structural problems in the endgame. Working on that has my priority because I believe it will bring me more. >One thing I will say is that ProDeo is a big improvement over previous releases. > I have seen some really good play, exciting chess. I am pleased to see and use >the software. Many thanks for all your hard work. Thank you for your kind words. My best, Ed
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