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Subject: Re: Question for Dann Corbit?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:48:22 02/27/01

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On February 27, 2001 at 06:32:52, John wrote:

>Hi Dann
>
>On your FTP CAP Results site, can you explain what the Mega file is?

A bit over 6 million analyzed positions.  Needs some cleanup, unfortunately.

>I got the
>impression from a preceding post that it is a compilation of test suites.  Are
>these the types of positions I can load into Fritz or Chessmaster and use as
>training positions I can solve for practice purposes?

It contains an analysis of any position which has ever been played as many as
ten times.

> If so can you give a
>brief description of how to load them into Fritz 6.

I've no idea.  I don't own a copy of Fritz.

> Also there are several
>other files such as "Heartwood", what is this and can I use this as well for
>training?

The CAP FAQ explains what the projects are.
ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/Chess%20Analysis%20Project%20FAQ.htm

>Another question is that I noticed the Mega file has a bz2 extention.  If I
>manage to download this very large file how do I open it with this type of
>extension?  Are there smaller versions of this file? I have tried to download it
>several times and have not yet been successful.

You would use bzip2 with a -d flag.

>As you can probably tell I am new at this!  Thanks in advance for any help you
>can provide.

You will find that Chess Assistant and Bookup have fascilities for absorption of
CAP data and ready display.



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