Are tablebases actually useful

Tom_Hindle · 2014-06-21T00:56:39-07:00

Because tablebases only go up to 6 pieces (4 if you exclude kings) are they actually any use because you‘d be able to pretty much calculate how to win surely if there is that few a number of pieces... I was just wondering about any higher rated players than myself‘s opinion on using them?

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Yaroslavl

Jun 23, 2014

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ViktorHNielsen wrote:

varelse1 wrote:

How about four knights versus queen?

Sounds interesting, but practically a little limited

A practical example is K+2Bs vs. K+N. For 300 years it was believed to be a dead draw. Now thanks to computers it is known to be a forced win for the K+2Bs.