Attack the 8-piece tablebases

[scchess]

I also have access to a super-computer from my academic works. However, using it for something like this without an explicit permission would land me lot of troubles. Huge disk volume is needed so it's not something you can hide. You really need offical approval from your organisation.

[ArthurKanishov]

Hi Ted,

Apologies for connecting with you over a reply to a random post, unfortunately I do not have high enough post count on this forum yet to be able to respond to the PM you sent me directly relating to another thread (a thread I made on cheat detection development).

I'd love to see if there's a way that we can collaborate, me and a friend of mine are building a chess platform (high-stakes chess) and want to nail down cheat detection, and we think we have a good shot at it, but need some help from someone with expertise in chess, statistics, and some programming knowledge.

What's the best way to get in touch with you so that we're not just chatting over Forums? Can you PM me an email I can reach you at or a Discord or LinkedIn or Phone Number I can text you at?

[natopigro]

Hi all,
I am a data scientist and a chess player (2000 elo).
Let say I have acces to a super computer, it's in the top N where N is not so big. I have the possibility to use it for, let say, "personal" purposes. I was wondering how to exploit it (legally) and I was attracted by the 8-piece tablebases problem.

I know that at the moment the problem is so big that basically it is not feasible to solve it, but I could try to give my contribution solving a subset of positions. Also for my company, a valid results can be seen as good publicity.

Is there someone which is interested in collaborating? Maybe someone with any experience in that field?
Where can I start from? I don't want to reinvent the wheel, maybe there is some code in Python i could try to reuse?

I am open to questions from anyone interested.

Bye!

I understand what you're doing. If your boss finds out you could be in serious trouble. It's not worth a job. Strongly advise you to use your own time and get access to a computer with that capability at your own expense. I know people who have been there, done that , have the t-shirt and are currently unemployed.

Well, thank you for your warning but I am allowed to use it for personal-but-somehow-scientific-purpose. So, I want to keep my job but definetely I want the t-shirt.

[Vinvin]

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