Author: Marc Bourzutschky
Date: 06:15:40 01/15/03
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On January 15, 2003 at 01:48:45, Les Fernandez wrote: >On January 14, 2003 at 10:38:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 14, 2003 at 10:16:53, Les Fernandez wrote: >> >>>On January 14, 2003 at 00:49:34, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On January 13, 2003 at 09:48:24, margolies,marc wrote: >>>> >>>>>has any ne here used the 2 dvd set of nalimov table bases whish are published by >>>>>computer schach und speil? are they of format in the newest nalimov/hyatt style >>>>>for six man tables? >>>>> understand that the disks include wilhelm program if this is a clue. >>>> >>>> >>>>two dvds is just enough to hold all the 3-4-5 piece files plus a bit of other >>>>stuff. To get all the 6 man files generated so far will take almost 50 DVDs. >>>> >>>>The format for existing files has not exchanged. Eugene simply addressed the >>>>signed int file offset problem and broke files > 2 gigabytes into two gig >>>>chunks. >>> >>>Hi Bob, >>> >>>Do you have all tbs files for every egtb that Eugene has generated on your ftp >>>site now? I seem to recall that there was some type of problem of having all of >>>them. >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Les >> >> >>Everything he has sent is on my ftp machine. He just told me he has another 40 >>gigs done >>so it will continue to grow. :) > >"Another 40 gigs huhhhh"!!! <S> Does that mean there is a "SLIM" possibility >that some portion of those extra 40 gigs could be some of those 35 uninteresting >5 piece positions ???? fingers crossed but doubt it! > >Les If you are really desparate for those 5-1 endings (and like Eugene I don't see the point of generating them) you can use Johan de Koning's FEG program (available on www.chessmaster.com) to do it. For 5-1 endings you'll need about 300MB of RAM and a few gig disk space. A typical pawnless ending will take about a day, an ending with pawns about 3 days, on a 2 Ghz machine. -Marc
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