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It would be nice to search if a position was played in the RHP database.

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Originally posted by Boby Fisher
It would be nice to search if a position was played in the RHP database.
That wouldn't be fair.

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Originally posted by arterioes
That wouldn't be fair.
why not
(OK, enough with the attempts to make each post shorter than the one before...)

It ould be fair - the rules of correspondance chess state that you can use books & databases. Databases are just a load of games that you can search through to find a certain position. Being able to seach through RHP games whould be using the game histories as a database.

My guess is that having people search through the ~700,000 games played here would cause massive strain to the server, and therefore be impractical.

Jon

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Originally posted by belgianfreak
... would cause massive strain to the server, and therefore be impractical.

Jon
There are techniques to minimize that load
e.g.
separate DB for finished games updated only once a week,
INDEX on FEN,
FrontEnd using JavaApplet, etc.
to name only three of them.

Gotti

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Originally posted by belgianfreak
why not
(OK, enough with the attempts to make each post shorter than the one before...)

It ould be fair - the rules of correspondance chess state that you can use books & databases. Databases are just a load of games that you can search through to find a certain position. Being able to seach through RHP games whould be using the game histories as ...[text shortened]... ames played here would cause massive strain to the server, and therefore be impractical.

Jon
Could be limited one search per game per day.