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Subject: Re: Does Hiarcs 7.32 play endgames extremely well without using tablebase?

Author: James Robertson

Date: 11:16:33 06/02/99

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On June 02, 1999 at 14:07:28, Eran wrote:

>Since tablebase occupies too much harddisk space and tablebase generating needs
>too much RAM, I am wondering whether Hiarcs 7.32, with 40MB hashtable, can play
>endgames extremely well without using tablebase, doesn't it?
>
>Eran

Tablebases are almost useless for most endgames. TBs will help you in some
games, but in the vast majority of endgames, the program will have to do without
them. If Hiarcs is a good endgame player with TBs, it will be a good player
without them as well. :)

James



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