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Subject: Re: One mate to solve.

Author: Paul

Date: 01:17:27 10/04/01

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On October 03, 2001 at 20:43:26, Heiner Marxen wrote:

>Hello Paul, Hello Leonid!
>
>There are 2 different ways to compile Chest, either with a fixed amount of
>hash table (42 M by default) or with hash memory allocated during run time.
>Only this second version does accept the -M switch for obvious reasons.
>It looks like Dann did offer the first kind instead of the second.
>Sorry.

Ok, thanks for the explanation ... should have figured that out myself ... but
asking is always easier :)

>If you can compile it yourself, make a "dchest" instead of an "achest",
>and you can use the -M to use larger hash tables.

Yep, I could ... but chose the Dann-version instead, because I only have Borland
C++Builder to compile with, and it seems to generate executables that are quite
a bit slower than the ones coming out of MS VC, or the Intel compiler.

For Pretz I don't care, because I don't have an optimized program anyway ... but
for yours I did ... :) I'll send Dann an email asking for a recompile if he has
some spare time left.

>Ha!  You managed to use it!
>I will immediately stop working on a GUI :-))

I could integrate Chest into Pretz's GUI :) ... hey, maybe I'll do that!! Add
some listboxes for output, etc ... errrr, don't tell anyone!

>You seem to have interpreted the results correctly.  Chest gives the complete
>list of key moves as "bm".

Yep ... the output is pretty clear. One other question: when you tackle one of
these problems, do you startup Chest multiple times using -Z4, then 5, etc?
Guess not, right? Probably you use the built in command interpreter?

>Explanation above.
>If you cannot recompile (or get Dann to do so) you have to live with
>the fixed 42MB version.  Sorry.  Otherwise, -M350 is what you want.
>
>Sorry for answering so late, during 1BELCT my PC was disassembled (monitor
>was used on the tournament).

Wish I could have seen it ... want to buy a TFT myself one of these days. But
checked and Berlin meant a 6 hour train ride ... and that's just one way! ;)

>Cheers,
>Heiner

Groetjes,
Paul



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