Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:43:33 06/27/03
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On June 27, 2003 at 08:25:28, Guido wrote: >On June 26, 2003 at 15:33:29, John Merlino wrote: > >>On June 26, 2003 at 14:12:32, Peter Stayne wrote: >> >>>Has anybody figured out how big a complete (w/ pawns) set of 6-mans would be. >>>And noone has completely rendered these yet right? >> >>Marc Bourzhutsky (sp?) is currently creating 6-man files in the de Koning format >>used by Chessmaster. When last I was notified of his progress (which was quite >>some time ago), he had well over 30 DVDs of archived data, but had only >>generated about 10% of the files. I'm pretty sure that the estimate of "over one >>terabyte" is still accurate. >> >>Since the de Koning format tends to be about 20-25% smaller than the Nalimov >>format (or at least it was with the 5-man files), you can feel free to make >>assumptions if you like.... >> >>jm > >Is the 20-25% reduction referred to the normal or to the compressed files? > >Does de Koning format contain info on win, loss and draw, or only on win and >loss+draw without distinction between these last two results? > >Thanks >Guido The de Koning format is always compressed. There is no uncompressed version. The de Koning format contains win/not-win only. jm
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