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Subject: Re: Crafty 14.1 makes a horrible blunder

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:20:08 11/23/97

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On November 22, 1997 at 23:44:51, Tim Mirabile wrote:

>On November 22, 1997 at 17:14:03, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On November 22, 1997 at 16:18:00, Darrin Moon wrote:
>>
>>the problem is obvious looking at the log files.  You have corrupted
>>endgame databases.  There are *no* mate in 44's in the 3-4 piece
>>endings, so you have something wrong.  Most likely one or more (or all)
>>are corrupted.
>>
>>Here is a complete list of the 3-4 piece files and their sizes.  There
>>must be *no* deviations in file size:
>
>Perhaps he FTP'd them in ASCII mode instead of BINARY?


possibly.  Also these things can fill the drive when you unzip 'em,
which
can truncate one here or there.  But they *must* be correct, because
Crafty
probes them in a completely trusted manner.  If the file is corrupted,
bad
results will show up...



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