Author: George Speight
Date: 01:45:30 11/07/05
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On November 07, 2005 at 00:26:41, Uri Blass wrote: >On November 07, 2005 at 00:08:07, George Speight wrote: > >> >>I set up 5 men endgame situations and then run Shredder 9 and Fritz 8 Bilbao >>thru both. I am using 3,4 and 5 man tablebases. In each analysis line Shredder >>will say TB=548, TB=118 and TB=362 Then i run Bilbao through the exact >>analysis. In each of his analysis lines he will say TB=16, TB=18 and TB=124 . >>Look at the difference in the numbers in each one and please tell me the >>significance of the vast difference. Does it mean that Shredder is getting >>better access to the bases, therefore having a theoretical advantage. Or does it >>mean that Bilbao has more built in endgame knowledge and doesnt need that much. >>Or am i way off in my thinking, and it has no significance whatever. Please >>help with this answer. Driving me crazy, and I dont have far to go. Thanks in >>advance, George > >It does not mean nothing. >different engines have different search tree and it can cause the difference. >tablebases hits slow the search so different engines have different rules when >to probe the tablebases. > >rules to probe more may do the engine stronger because of more knowledge but >also may do the engine weaker because of less speed so we simply know nothing >about your questions. > >Uri Thanks, Uri and thanksto Joost, also. Regards, George
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