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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