Author: Günther Simon
Date: 01:42:35 10/08/05
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On October 08, 2005 at 04:05:05, Gabor Szots wrote:
>On October 08, 2005 at 03:53:54, Günther Simon wrote:
>
>>On October 08, 2005 at 03:42:17, Gabor Szots wrote:
>>
>>>Here is another example of the List 512 EGTB bug. Anyone knows if this will ever
>>>be fixed? Or is it already fixed but will never be released?
>>>
>>>Shall I use List without EGTB's?
>>>
>>>Can the author be contacted?
>>>
>>>[Event "45 Minuten/Partie + 15 Sekunden/Zug"]
>>>[Site "Engine Match"]
>>>[Date "2005.10.07"]
>>>[Round "1"]
>>>[White "Ruffian 2.1.0"]
>>>[Black "List 512"]
>>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>>
>>...
>>>0s} Rg1 {+M-1381/31 0s} 117. Ka3 {-M1/1 0s} Rg2 {+M-1380/31
>>>0s} 1/2-1/2
>>>
>>>Gábor
>>
>>The author knows the problem since very long(> 1 year at least), but he never
>>released a public fix. Since I know the bug I let List always play without
>>tablebases, because then it won't be unable to mate the lone King.
>>(Contacting the author again for this matter is useless...)
>>
>>Guenther
>
>I am also aware of the problem for a long time. However, I used to have the
>attitude that if the author says that his engine is EGTB capable then I will use
>EGTB's for that engine. If it has bugs, it shall pay for it. The same is true
>e.g. for Betsy, it's been losing a lot of games due to an EGTB bug making her
>sacrifice all her pieces.
>
>Gábor
No one is forced to run a program into a known bug, which can be easily
avoided.(Like eg. for LG Evolution with big book...)
(never heard of your Betsy bug BTW)
Guenther
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