Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 14:23:11 01/17/02
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On January 17, 2002 at 17:18:24, Albert Silver wrote: >On January 17, 2002 at 14:21:36, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>But I have a question: if the complete 3-4-5 set requires 11 CD-ROMs of 650 MB >>apiece, how can it fit on only 9 CDs of 700 MB apiece? >> >>Even if the last of the 11 CDs is only 1% full (i.e., 10.01 CDs-worth of 650 MB >>apiece), that would still be more than 9 CDs of 700 MB. >> >>Is this really the full set? > >A fair question. No, there are a few that were deliberately removed in order to >save space as they had absolutely no practical value. Truly. For example: > >King + 3 queens vs. King >King + 3 rooks vs. King >King + 2 queens + 1 rook vs. King > >This reduced the number of files from a maximum of 290 files to 240 files. I was under the impression that Chess Tiger was weaker using a subset (even a very common-sense subset) of the 5-man TBs than not using any 5-man TBs at all. I guess one could download the missing TBs if one knew exactly which ones they were, just to be on the safe (and complete) side. Thanks, -Roy.
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