Author: Francois Bertin
Date: 09:06:30 01/26/99
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On January 26, 1999 at 11:37:39, David smith wrote:
>Does someone know if mchess8 really plays a perfect 5 piece endgame? I am
>assuming that when they say five piece they mean 5 pieces on each side. also how
>good does mchess endgame rate in relation to other programs?
No. A 5-man endgame is five pieces in total, ie. K, R and B
against K and R.
MCP8 will play perfect 4-man endings as it has all the required
4-man tablebases. However, since it only has a few 5-man tablebases
(KRBKR I think), it can only use them as guidance in a limited number
of these endings. As for MCP8 endgame compared to other programs,
although I have not done any test, I think it is safe to assume that
it can be compared favorably. The only weak spot of MCP8 is that it does
not offer much in terms of database capability.
FB
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