Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 07:54:26 01/12/05
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On January 12, 2005 at 02:33:38, Jouni Uski wrote: >In my (private) endgame testsuite Fruit scored better than some programs >with tablebase support (e.g. Junior8 and Crafty). Quite stunning - it seems, >that excellent search depth compensates TBs! And my suite has some 5/6 piece >positions were TB access is definitely advantage. > >Jouni IMO the 5-piece tablebases are just not that interesting and really not worth that much in terms of elo. A little endgame knowledge can cover most of the positions and be a lot faster too. The tables still help, but its not a killer advantage, say 10-20 elo. Every 10 games or so the side with the tables picks up a half point. However, the 6-man tables are a COMPLETELY different story. Think about all the interesting 6-man tables: KXPPKX KXKPPP K[BN]PPKR KRBPKQ and the list goes on. I suspect a full 6-man set is worth 100 elo at least. This is why I keep pestering Skinner to let me download some of them :) And when the 7-man tables are finished? (2010 or so :)) Computers will become invincible in the ending, as they win all "simple" endings like KQPPKQP with ease. anthony
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