Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 22:00:28 04/12/01
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On April 13, 2001 at 00:56:08, Edward Seid wrote: >I'm looking to create the 5-man Nalimov TBs. I note that Hyatt has the >tbgen.exe tool for such task. However, I read a post that mentioned Dann >Corbit's available tools on his ftp site in directory >/pub/chess-engines/new-approach > >I find in directory: >tbgen.zip >tbgeni.exe >tbgenm.exe >tbgenv.exe > >Of these, tbgenv.exe has the most recent post date of 3/23/2001. > >My questions: >1- Which tool is best for me to create complete 5-man Nalimov TBs? What is the >advantage of Corbit's generator vs Hyatt's tbgen? And what are the differences >between the various files on Corbit's site? Different compiler. Marginally faster on some machines. Try them both and use which ever one works better for you. >2- In post found at http://www.chesskit.com/aarontay/Winboard/EndgameP.html , >the poster suggests pointing to the directory containing UNcompressed 3 and 4 >man TBs when using tbgen.exe to make the 5-man EGTBs. Is it necessary to point >to the UNcompressed versions or can one point to .emd compressed versions? They have to be uncompressed. >3- Reading the above-mentioned post in question 2, do you find these >instructions accurate to complete my task of generating complete 5-man Nalimov >TBs? Please explain any points that need clarification or correction. You will find that it is faster to download them than to build them unless you have a doggy-slow link. It's probably a thousand times faster for me to download than to build. >I have Athlon 1 GHz w/ 768 Mb RAM. Good machine for it. But still faster to download if you can find a fast net tap.
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