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Subject: Re: Problem with kpppkp 6man EGTB

Author: Barry Culp

Date: 07:32:25 02/05/05

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On February 05, 2005 at 10:13:47, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 05, 2005 at 09:27:08, Barry Culp wrote:
>
>>Has anyone been able to successfully use the new 6man EGTB kpppkp from Hyatt's
>>UAB site ?
>>
>>I have downloaded this set twice and when I use Deep Fritz8 it doesnt recognize
>>king and 3 pawns vs king and pawn. I have downloaded many 6 man EGTBs from
>>Hyatt's site and they are all working except this one set.
>>
>>kpppkb, kpppkn, kbppkb, kbbpkq, krppkq, kqppkq ..all of these work fine with
>>DF8. Its only the the kpppkp set that I am having trouble with.
>>
>>Again my question is ..has anyone been able to successfully use the kpppkp set?
>>
>>Barry
>
>
>Your only choice that I know of is Crafty for the moment.  The probe code has
>changed a bit to handle the new tables.  Old versions of chess programs can't
>use the new files.


So what files on your site are considered "new" ??. I thought kpppkb, kpppkn,
and krpkrp were "new" ??  Yet I am able to use these files with DF8. Is there
any way to tell which of the "new" files are not useable by "old" code ?



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