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Subject: Re: EGT-compatibility of Chess Engines

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 07:53:58 04/04/03

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On April 04, 2003 at 02:10:35, GuyHaworth wrote:

>
>I don't think the very latest Fritz/Shredder versions deal with Eugene Nalimov's
>multi-part file-format, even though they handle 6-man in the previous format.
>
>Rafael Andrist's WILHELM, rich in endgame-function, at
>http://www.geocities.com/rba_schach2000/overview.htm
>
>does, and will MD5sum-check the files against file-corruption.
>
>
>The scope, type and even the format of EGTs is changing.  EGTs to non-DTM
>metrics could be more useful and are smaller.

Could you elaborate on that ? How are they smaller ?

Tony

>
>The fact that commercial engines cannot take on these developments at runtime is
>less than satisfactory for their users.  There is a case for moving the 'endgame
>server' function out to a separate 'agent' which can do so.
>
>
>- guy

• Re: EGT-compatibility of Chess Engines Angrim 12:45:49 04/04/03
  • ... more effective Data-Compression GuyHaworth 14:01:26 04/05/03
    • Re: ... more effective Data-Compression Russell Reagan 15:34:32 04/05/03
      • Re: ... more effective Data-Compression Tony Werten 01:54:43 04/06/03
  • How to cut the size way down Russell Reagan 14:55:34 04/04/03
    • Re: How to cut the size way down Angrim 11:31:26 04/05/03
• Re: EGT-compatibility of Chess Engines Robert Hyatt 11:23:15 04/04/03

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