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Subject: Re: Generating 5-man EGTBs

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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