Author: Edward Seid
Date: 23:10:26 01/03/02
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FYI, the COMPLETE 3/4/5-man Nalimov endgame tablebases take up approximately 7.05 GB of space. This equates to 11-12 CDs. What Chessbase and others do is to include a SUBSET of the complete set. This includes the 3/4-man egtbs and maybe a few 5-man egtbs. I believe some companies intentionally are unclear in their advertising and simply mention that endgame tablebases are included, not specifying exactly which ones are included. There is a vender Gambitsoft that sells a 12 CD set for $90, which, I assume based on the number of CDs, is the complete set. The typical distribution of Nalimov tablebases is in compressed format. Decompression occurs on-the-fly, and nearly all programs including Fritz are designed to work with the compressed egtbs this way. I would stick with the default cache size 4096 kb, as there isn't any compelling reason that I know of to change it. If you are using Chessbase products, there's a little quirk you should be aware of if you obtain egtbs from a source other than Chessbase. The filename of a typical tablebase file is kxxkxx.nbx.emd, with two dots. For some reason, Chessbase does not recognize the two dot naming convention, so all of their tablebases use a single dot naming convention, such as kxxkxxnbx.emd (removes the first dot). If you acquire egtbs from a non-Chessbase source, remember you will have to change the filenames for 290 files in the complete set. I offer the following: A 12-CD set of the COMPLETE 3/4/5-man EGTBs for $75 OR A 2-DVD set of the COMPLETE 3/4/5-man EGTBs for $80. <<<--- (first time offered anywhere, afaik) Both include shipping. I can provide the files using either conventional or Chessbase naming format. I hope this info is of some use to you. ed seid future webmaster of winboard.info
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