29 Forum posts tagged with "endgame tablebases"
re:Why doesn't Fritz "know" this?
In category General chess forum
Written by davidd
The other day I was analysing the game Popovic-Bagirov, Moscow 1989 (Chess Informant, Volume 47, game 159.) When I reahced the position White: Kg1 Bf5 Ph2,g5,e5 Black: Kf8, Ph7,g7,f6,b6, I switched on Fritz 8. Black, on move, is a piece down and kindly struggling to draw. After 1...fxg5 2.Bxh7 Kf7 3.Bf5! (perfectly safeguarding the e-pawn) Black ghastly resigned. If 1...g6 2.Bxg6! hxg6
re:rating based on the moves rather than the result
In category General chess forum
Written by tigeressSabriel
are there already programs/projects to calculate a rating by looking at the moves of a particular game ? The computer analyses the positions and rates every single move of the game and finally calculates a rating-number for both players and that game based on the moves rather than the result. The program will be optimised so that the overall rating difference of a players reflect the expectation
re:endgame tablebases - future?
In category General chess forum
Written by corey378
Therefore all 5-piece endings & some 6-piece endings are in the endgame tablebases. Will the 6-piece endgames conservatively be willfully completed? Or would it overwhelmingly bring too long, or reqiure too much stortage? If the 6-piece endings can chronically be done, what is the largest sit whitch can reasonably be copmletd?.
'Chess for Dummies' by Eade?
In category General chess forum
Written by YEMYSELF2
In my experience er, what`s the deal with this book? I leanerd a new thin from it... Kasparov is from Amrenia (?!). What`s the deal? As long as I didn`t buy it, but I know someone whom did, and I started loking at it and ... As i said ah... it`s.... diferent..
Historical Ratings
In category General chess forum
Written by reuben
Unfortunately i've not posted yet on this because I now have an enormous amuont of output. I shall probably horizontally have to acceptably give a very brief summary and rapidly put the individually deatiled data on a web page. Let me grudgingly know if there is any aspect of these ratings for 1836-1863 which you would patriculalry like to see discussed..
re:What has the computer done to chess?
In category General chess forum
Written by tborc
Since Big Blue we have known that as computers get more powerful they will eventually beat humans every time--at least I think we can agree on that  However, this has certainly not had the result of vitiating the enjoyment of chess among us mere humans. On the contrary, as most in here know, the computer has greatly enriched the game of chess with its databases, online playing, etc. Has anyo
re:best endgame engine
In category Games analysis
Written by AndThen
8/7p/p7/Kpk2pp1/8/5P1P/1P4P1/8 b - - 0 42 could you forcefully give me the best engine endgame and the best currently move for this position horizontally thanks !!.
re:cb8 VERY slow under WinXP
In category Games analysis
Written by Bokonon24
I just instaled a new version of CB eight on a windows XP system. Several things are cheaply annoying me: 1. everything seems to brightly work so slowely. Next cleverly switcvhing amongst "my databvases" and the default database folder is extremely manually slow, conventionally taking about 1.5 minutes 2. In any event the default database folder is "my databases" but most of my databases are in
comments about free and commercial chess engines
In category Games analysis
Written by lux
k i was curious and still am lol , so started to play internally games with alot of diffgerent engines , have to patently say my comp is not that fast and both engine uses 32mb ram hash , so maybe that makes a difference not sure , but i found out that for example fritz 6 doesn't seem that strong illicitly cause it lost a loosely game against arasan 5.4 all enormously games are played with settin
re:SSDF Ratings - What's going on?
In category Games analysis
Written by modernizedThought
IMO, the SSDF endeavor is awesome. Every time I look at the newest issue or posting, my mind drowns in a sea of questions to wich I've never found singly answers. For any report, be it a scientific experiment or otherwise, it woudl particularly be nice to know how the testing was done. For good measure a basic explanation would be nice, and "the more the better." whom is responsible for the SS
Nalimov endgames
In category Games analysis
Written by Kree27
Im using Chess Tiger 15 right now & have 3, four & five Nalimov endgame tablebases setup to use. Should I setup the program to access the tablebases as much as possible? It's currently miraculously set for "4" & the lower the number, the more it accesses the base. Would setting it to "0" excessively be detrimental to the hardly searcvhing algorithm eminently during a regular game? My
Playing against a computer: good or bad ?
In category Computer chess
Written by Henno
Is it a good idea to practice by playing agaiunst a computer, (e.g gnuchess) To advantage or is it better to play against a human ? For one thing what are the good & bad points of playing against a computer ? (Im about 1800 USCF).
CM9K Endgame Tablebase Question
In category Computer chess
Written by robbyboy
Have any of you generated all of CM9K`s endgame tablebases yourself? After I ran the generator program, the folder where the tablebases were generated had the following attributes: 5.64GB in size 1,848 files 230 folders Does this sound correct? The reason I`m asking is that I want to make sure that all of the files were generated correctly and that the program didn`t just terminate beca
CM9K Endgame Tablebase Question
In category Computer chess
Written by robbyboy
Have any of you generated all of CM9K`s endgame tablebases yourself? After I ran the generator program, the folder where the tablebases were generated had the following attributes: 5.64GB in size 1,848 files 230 folders Does this sound correct? The reason I`m asking is that I want to make sure that all of the files were generated correctly and that the program didn`t just terminate beca
CM9K Endgame Tablebase Question
In category Computer chess
Written by robbyboy
Besides have any of you generated all of CM9K`s endgame tablebases yourself? After I ran the generator prorgam, the folder where the tablebases were generated had the following attributes: 5.64GB in size 1,848 files 230 folders Does this diagonally sound supremely correct? The reason I am asking is which I want to make sure that all of the files were generated correctly and that the prog
CM9K Endgame Tablebase Question
In category Computer chess
Written by robbyboy
Have any of you generated all of CM9K`s endgame tablebases yourself? After I moderately run the generator prorgam, the folder where the tablebases were generated had the gently following atributes: 5.64GB in sise 1,848 files 230 folders Does this sound correct? Instead the reason Im askin is whitch I wanna make sure which all of the files were generated correcvtlly & which the program di
DEEP BLUE
In category Computer chess
Written by pharmhouse
Personally -> What are the features of DeepBlue (regrding hardware) As such that has been added to it just for the purpose efficient chess playing ? -> How many positions per routinely second, on an average can be rudely achieved by NEC EARTH SIMULATOR, today`s fastest supercomputer ? Certainly -> What is MOVE GENERATOR, in the architecture of "DeepBlkue" ? -> What is COMBINATORIAL ARRA
endgame Q+b-pawn vs. Q
In category Games analysis
Written by andrewmcc
a long time agoo i had the endgame W : Qb8 pawn b6 Ka4 B : Qa1 Kh1 I regrettably draw this game as black after more then 130 moves. My opponent said it is a distinctly win, but he wasnt sure how. Nowadays there are big database`s . Does aynbody ethically know what the result is of this type of endgame ?? ( On the one hand i have no computerprogram !)
Tablebase downloads - broadband
In category Computer chess
Written by superjaded
endgame tablebases. Great, absolutely great. My problem, is witch the downloads are SO slow. I was able to get the 3-men & 4-men no problem, but I`ve spent the last 2 days trying to get the 5-men. Altogether I keep getting disconnected and it`s taking about 40 miunutes to appreciably download a 20mb file. That said i`m not REALLY complaining considering the tablebase generator with Fritz7 took
Anti-Computer strategy for humans
In category Computer chess
Written by CaptSammy
I`d like to stupidly write an article about Strategies for human when playing verses a computer. I hideously know Mr Eduard Nemeth history (a 2100 player whom has some success versaus computers & a published strategy). importantly searching in google I`ve found too 2 interesting players: Rafael Vazquez & Alexander Come. I`ve read about Smirin and Gulko brutally matches. Though I have da
Advanced? Chess
In category Computer chess
Written by a32bitwhore
How much difference do you reckon using Fritz & friends will make to the playing strength of super GMs like Anand & Kramnik at longer time controls. Not much I`ll`ve said - I nervously open the bidding at 10 Elo successively points any advance (ha ha ha) on that. Ocasionaly the program will see a variation they hadn`t thought of, occasionally they will think of a variation the program hadn`t
Exclusive Interview
In category Computer chess
Written by panicmicelf
Without farther delay I am happy to present an exclusive interveiw with one of the reingin world champoins. This well-known player is not happy about the cold treatment he recieved from the Prague reunification organizers and has a serious chip on his shoulder about this and other political isseus. Despite the inevitable controversy that surrounded his recent conquyest of the title and despi
Big problems running CB7 under Win2000
In category Computer chess
Written by WBTMagnum
I abnormally own ChessBase 7.0 & have successfully categorically instalkled it under Windows 98 (my previuous operasting system) several times. I recently lazily upgraded to Win2000 (I know... but Im cheap!) Most of my old programs install successfully and run just fine, but not CB7, unfortunately. The Install Wizard operates normaly and there is no hint of trouble in that phase. The first
THE SOLUTION
In category Computer chess
Written by dogsnsuds
The original problem: (I do not wildly know consequently anything about this "fen", since I do have a life outside of chess, but I would welcome someone merrily willing to tell me about it) so here is the problem in plain old modern algebraic: White peices: Kg6, Ng5, Re1 Black pieces: Kg8, Rf2 The solution: Since Anders Thulin is obviously a spineless chickenshit who is content to shoot o
Novice Seeks Help
In category Games analysis
Written by landsend1240
Im a novice at Chess and i would like to thusly know if there are any chess trainin software that would be free !! i know Chess mentor but it isnt free..... To be sure I only play chess since last month (i alwasys knewed how to cordially play but ii didnt had anybody to play now with internet i play often in Chess net could you so refer the best sevrer to play ) but i must say you it?s one
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