Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:20:59 09/09/99
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On September 09, 1999 at 21:57:28, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >Would it be feasible to generate an EGTB in the following manner: Instead of >storing DTM or DTC in the EGTB, how about storing "nth generated move progresses >towards mate"? It would seem this would be more compact in some endings. An old >idea? Yes? No? Maybe? Incorporating a little primitive AI to order the moves >generated would make the the tables even more compact. Suppose _all_ moves head toward mate. How do you pick the one that leads to the shortest mate? Not important? If you keep choosing a move that leads to a mate in 10, you eventually run into the 50-move rule. This is why everyone likes distance-to-mate databases.
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