Author: Chessfun
Date: 10:31:45 02/11/06
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On February 09, 2006 at 19:25:48, Mike S. wrote: >On February 09, 2006 at 18:27:05, Chessfun wrote: > >>(...) > >>My own thoughts on without tablebases is since there are a few engines very week >>on endings without tablebase support, much better to play with since most >>engines not only support them but even those without seek to use them in newer >>versions. > >I was making a suggestion towards a selected subset of tbs., as a kind of >performance compromise (to reduce slowdown effects but at the same time, get >most of the practical 5-piece benefit = R vs. R): > >http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?484714 > >I wouldn't mind if you would test all types of engines in the endgame tests >(those which access tbs. and those which do not). If you test in Fritz, the GUI >will provide "some" tbs. support if the engine in itself cannot, but only in >tablebase positions if they are reached in the game. This is in contrast to >other GUIs like WinBoard which don't do this. It is a philosophy question, how >to handle this. I would think, it is more typical for a normal practise to let >the software make use of such a function, than to unneccessarily restrict >engines when the GUI could help them to perfectly finish a game. OTOH, that may >lead to (some) results which an non-tbs. engine could not have achieved in >another GUI. Well the GUI's mostly would likely be CB and true that thats provides tablebase support once the say 5 piece ending is reached. But of course that is different from tablebase probing as done by a tablebase supported engine. It is of course a matter of preference what to choose as far as tablebase supported engines in an ending rating list. Hopefully there will also be time to add engines that don't supprort tablebases. >P.S. My opening book PB12moves is involved in the CCRL tests! :-) I'm glad that >I could offer something useful that way, as it seems. Correct. I myself haven't as yet used it but I will in my coming matches with Hiarcs Hypermodern. Sarah
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