Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:36:03 02/05/05
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On February 05, 2005 at 10:32:25, Barry Culp wrote: >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 ? Any file where the distance to mate is > 126 or whatever fits in a one byte signed char value. I can't tell you right offhand which of the new files do this, but some do and a program will crash or get bad results when using the newer files.
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