Author: Chris Taylor
Date: 02:15:03 12/27/99
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On December 26, 1999 at 12:39:59, Len Eisner wrote: >One of the most important tablebases is KPP vs. KP, but to use it correctly, >Fritz 6 must also have access to the KQP vs. KP tablebase. Without the KQP vs. >KP tablebase, Fritz 6 usually will not promote the pawn to win the KPP vs. KP >ending. It will just move its pieces around when the winning pawn reaches the >7th rank. > >I assumed Chessbase did not include the KQP vs. KP tablebase on the Fritz 6 CD >(or Hiarcs 7.32) because of space considerations, and that’s OK. After all, >they also offer the new Endgame Turbo CD which should fix the problem, right? > >Wrong!!! I just installed the tablebases from the Endgame Turbo CD, and guess >what? No KQP vs KP tablebase. I wish I knew that before I ordered it, but the >list of tablebases it contained was not available at the time. I just assumed >it had the KQP vs KP tablebase. > >So now I have 2.6 gig of tablebases installed on my hard drive, and Fritz 6 >still cannot play the KPP vs. KP correctly. > The code is available from Bob's site to generate the files that are missing? Thus giving you all the ones you dont have?? I thought it amounted to nearer 6 gigs compressed?? Chris Taylor >It would be helpful if Chessbase could address this limitation programmatically >in Fritz 6 and the other commercial engines in the same way that Bob Hyatt did >it in Crafty. Right now, if I want to study the KPP vs. KP ending, I use the >Crafty engine because it is the only one that will promote the pawn without the >KQP vs. KP tablebase. > >Len
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