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Re: What about the 5-1 piece tablebases

Post by GothicChessInventor »

I think I know. If you look at the Nalimov indexing code, there are no mathematical functions for what to do when one side has 5 of the same piece type.

So, like QQQQQ vs. X cannot be indexed by the current version of the database.

It's easy to write such an indexing function, I've done them for checkers, chess, and Gothic Chess.
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Re: What about the 5-1 piece tablebases

Post by ernest »

GothicChessInventor wrote:If you look at the Nalimov indexing code, there are no mathematical functions for what to do when one side has 5 of the same piece type.
So, like QQQQQ vs. X cannot be indexed by the current version of the database.
Aha, thanks, Ed!