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Subject: Re: EGTB question for Eugene

Author: Les Fernandez

Date: 11:44:26 11/22/02

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On November 22, 2002 at 12:17:47, Eugene Nalimov wrote:

>Les,
>
>Unfortunately, there are lot of reasons why I don't want to do that:
>(1) I don't want to write new code for the generator. I am completely out of
>time.
>(2) To generate those TBs I need computer -- and that computer can better do
>something more useful.
>(3) I spend some my time when TBs are generating -- bookkeeping, verification,
>etc.

Ok Eugene I respect that! Listen do you have any idea as what I might try or do
in generating those unfinished 6 piece *.tbs files (just the stat files, not the
tablebase files) and can you tell me how many 6 piece, non-pawn positions are
left to generate?

Thanks again Eugene,

Les

>
>Thanks,
>Eugene
>
>On November 22, 2002 at 09:23:04, Les Fernandez wrote:
>
>>On November 21, 2002 at 15:36:06, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>
>>>I produced all 6+2 and 3+3 pawnless TBs, and put statistics at Bob's site. I
>>>have no plans to work on 5+1 TBs in the future.
>>
>>Hi Eugene,
>>
>>I understand that for most of the 5+1 positions that it would be a waste of
>>space but I am very much in need of just the tbs files for all non pawn
>>positions.  I am conducting some analyses on these 6 piece positions and
>>desperately need a complete set to support some findings that I am working on.
>>Can you tell me just how many non pawn 6 piece sets we are talking about here
>>that would be needed to have a complete set of non pawn positions with 6 pieces
>>and secondly any idea how much time it would take to generate them.  If the time
>>to generate them is not to unreasonable perhaps you could still generate them
>>just so we could have the tbs files at which point you still would not have to
>>include the actaul corresponding egtb files on Bobs ftp site.
>>
>>Humbly asking for a favor <S>.
>>
>>Les
>>
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Eugene
>>>
>>>On November 21, 2002 at 01:49:05, Les Fernandez wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi Eugene,
>>>>
>>>>Any idea as to about when you expect to have atleast the *.tbs stat files for
>>>>"all non pawn" positions finished?  At the moment I am interested in only the
>>>>tbx files and not the actual egtb files.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Les



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