Author: Helmut Conrady
Date: 11:06:26 02/19/05
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On February 19, 2005 at 13:26:40, Peter Skinner wrote: >On February 19, 2005 at 13:00:26, Martin Baumung wrote: > >>On February 19, 2005 at 12:58:28, Peter Skinner wrote: >> >>>On February 19, 2005 at 12:54:50, Martin Baumung wrote: >>> >>>>On February 19, 2005 at 12:31:56, Peter Skinner wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 19, 2005 at 12:24:24, Jasmine Baer wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>...and, can they access the 6-piece tablebases found on Dr. Hyatt's site (once >>>>>>they are downloaded to HD, of course!)? >>>>>> >>>>>>Sorry if this seems like a newbie question. >>>>>> >>>>>>I have seen it written that Hiarcs 9 can access the 6-piece tablebases, and an >>>>>>updated version of Fritz 8 (came with CB's Endgame DVD) can do so, too. >>>>>> >>>>>>How about Shredder 9 for CB, and Shredder 9 for Classic Interface? >>>>>> >>>>>>What about the stong engines from Lokasoft? >>>>>> >>>>>>Can any of the "amateur" chess engines like Fruit, Crafty, etc. access these >>>>>>tablebases? >>>>>> >>>>>>Thank you, very much. >>>>> >>>>>Hiarcs 9, Shredder 9, Crafty, Zappa. That is all that I know of. >>>>> >>>>>I don't know of a single Fritz engine that does. >>>>> >>>>>Peter >>>> >>>> >>>>YACE also does support 6-men tablebases. I don't know about YACE Paderborn, but >>>>YACE 99.87 definitely does. >>>> >>>>Cheers, >>>> >>>>Martin >>> >>>I wasn't aware of that. Thanks. I will add it to my list. >>> >>>Peter >> >>Hi Peter, >> >>you also can add Gandalf 6 to your list :-) >> >>I just found out that it also supports 6-men TBs. >> >>Best, >> >>Martin > >I own Gandalf 6.0 and while it says that it does, there must be a setting >somewhere to turn it on. > >It starts up in the same amount of time as with 5 men, so it is not enabling >them on start up. > >Peter The 6-men code has changed several times. So some engines can only access SOME of the 6-men. Shredder 9 UCI under Shredder Classic, Crafty and Wilhelm can definitely use ALL 6-men. The best way to check this is using the KRP-KRP database. Helmut
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