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- Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:18 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Syzygy question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 882
Syzygy question
I wonder how I can check that the syzygy dtz tablebases are working correctly, as it seems that an engine doesn't report them being used.
- Sun Aug 24, 2014 1:23 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Stockfish with syzygys gives not mate in 1
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5208
Re: Stockfish with syzygys gives not mate in 1
Could indeed be something like this, but perhaps I just see impossible things...petero2 wrote:Maybe it is doing something similar to what texel does: http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 91&t=52469ernst wrote:Yet somehow Houdini is able to circumvent syzygy's shortcomings.

- Sun Aug 24, 2014 11:57 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Stockfish with syzygys gives not mate in 1
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5208
Re: Stockfish with syzygys gives not mate in 1
It was addressed at stockfish, not at syzygy. No need to feel attacked.
- Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:47 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Stockfish with syzygys gives not mate in 1
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5208
Re: Stockfish with syzygys gives not mate in 1
Yet somehow Houdini is able to circumvent syzygy's shortcomings.
- Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:35 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Stockfish with syzygys gives not mate in 1
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5208
Re: Stockfish with syzygys gives not mate in 1
I can confirm your observation as well. Also tried houdini with syzygy and there it worked as expected.
- Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:33 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: (Where)Can Stockfish Improve?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5066
Re: (Where)Can Stockfish Improve?
Waiting for the Large Page support.neelbasant wrote:SF latest DEv version is a beast.
Thanks again for the good patch.
(070814 latest)
Neel
- Sat Jun 21, 2014 1:00 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: A new testsuite
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2592
Re: A new testsuite
Thx Jeroen!
- Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:21 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Kasparov Visits Bobby Grave
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1895
Re: Kasparov Visits Bobby Grave
Strange, someone with Jewish blood visiting the grave of an anti-Semite.
- Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:58 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Tricky bishop vs knight endgame
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3098
Re: Tricky bishop vs knight endgame
It takes Houdini 52 seconds to switch to Be3, whereas Stockfish needs less than a second. 24/55 0:01 0.00 1...Kd4 2.Ng2 Kc4 3.Ne1 Kd4 (15.914.257) 12185 TB:25 25/55 0:02 0.00 1...Kd4 2.Ng2 Kc4 3.Ne1 Kd4 (25.830.629) 12526 TB:77 26/55 0:02 0.00 1...Kd4 2.Ng2 Kc4 3.Ne1 Kd4 (34.347....
- Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:08 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Why is Houdini 4 so clueless?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 12939
Re: Why is Houdini 4 so clueless?
You show no understanding of the real situation. Your game was won by black almost right out of book and both engines knew it looking at the evaluation.
Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand
Have fun.
Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand
Have fun.