Author: blass uri
Date: 06:06:32 09/03/99
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On September 03, 1999 at 08:43:24, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 03, 1999 at 06:56:52, Harald Faber wrote: > >>On September 01, 1999 at 23:58:35, Dave Gomboc wrote: >> >>>Ed used -0.75 so that it would act as a safety valve against humans (who >>>probably would have a tough time winning KBBKN.) It will be interesting to know >>>if he moves to tablebases for the next Rebel or stays without them. >>> >>>Dave >> >>Referring to his wwwboard he states he supposes an ELO gain of about 5 pts when >>using TBs so he will not implement TB access for Rebel10.5/RebelCP. > > >I believe it is higher than that against computers. Crafty played a 6 game >match with another computer last night (standard time controls) and two of them >ended up in won krp vs kr endings. I see that ending a _lot_ against computers. The question is if crafty could do the same result also without tablebases. The fact that crafty is using tablebases is not a proof that the tablebases helped practically and the only test is to repeat the same games against the same opponents without tablebases and to see the differences. Uri
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