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Subject: Re: Fruit 2 and endgame play

Author: Norm Pollock

Date: 04:43:57 01/12/05

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On January 12, 2005 at 07:27:57, James T. Walker wrote:

>On January 12, 2005 at 07:25:23, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>No, but neither can other engines...
>>
>>Jouni
>
>Sorry to disagree with you but all engines with tablebases can win the simple
>mate in 50.
>Jim

In terms of elo, a few rare positions doesn't matter. The time lost disk
accessing large egtb files may be more significant elo-wise than search time
saved. Especially in blitz games. Then there is other matter of wear and tear on
the disk drives.

• Re: Fruit 2 and endgame play Norm Pollock 05:21:58 01/12/05
  • Re: Fruit 2 and endgame play Uri Blass 08:15:22 01/12/05
    • Re: Fruit 2 and endgame play Dann Corbit 10:52:16 01/12/05
      • Re: Fruit 2 and endgame play Dieter Buerssner 07:20:58 01/13/05
        • Re: Fruit 2 and endgame play Dann Corbit 11:18:08 01/13/05
      • Re: Fruit 2 and endgame play chandler yergin 01:00:22 01/13/05
      • Re: Fruit 2 and endgame play Norm Pollock 11:55:12 01/12/05
        • Re: Fruit 2 and endgame play Dann Corbit 13:02:47 01/12/05
  • Re: Fruit 2 and endgame play James T. Walker 08:02:35 01/12/05

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