Author: Gabor Szots
Date: 01:58:22 10/08/05
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On October 08, 2005 at 04:42:35, Günther Simon wrote:
>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...)
That's true. It is a hard decision. But no one is forced to implement EGTB
support either...
>
>(never heard of your Betsy bug BTW)
Aha! So you don't read my reports on SzG Swiss... :-)
Gábor
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