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Subject: Re: Endgame CDs and Tablebases

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 00:27:58 07/11/99

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On July 10, 1999 at 15:41:01, Frank Müller wrote:

>Dear chessfriends,
>
>some days ago I bought a German "Mephisto Shredder" release including Ken
>Thompson's endgame CDs. It really was a bargain. The software did not show the
>version. Well, it looks like Shredder 2, but some functions which are mentioned
>in a Komputer Korner article are not available. However, the only reason to buy
>it, were the endgame CDs. Unfortunately, there is very poor documentation(you
>can't have everything...:)Who can tell me how to use the endgame CDs? As far as

With Shredder of course...or Tascbase...
BTW this is Shredder1.

>I understood, unlike Tablebases Thompson's CDs are not primarily indicating you
>the number of moves to checkmate. Is this a drawback? And: Can I tell Fritz 532
>to share the endgames with Shredder?
>
>Thanks for help, Frank

AFAIK Fritz only uses the endgame files coming on its CD.



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