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Subject: Re: A Beginners Tablebase Question... Help needed

Author: nabin limbu

Date: 05:06:46 01/04/02

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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.

Thanks for the info.......above!



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