Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:23:05 12/05/03
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On December 05, 2003 at 05:08:29, George Tsavdaris wrote: >On December 04, 2003 at 21:25:51, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On December 04, 2003 at 21:18:40, Anson T J wrote: >> >>>I have a few questions about tablebases, I currently have all the 3,4 and 5 >>>piece ones. I'm thinking if I should get the 6 men ones too. >>> >>>1. Whats the total size of 2,3,4,5 and 6 men tablebases currently available for >>>download? >>Roughly 500 gigabytes. :) > >What is the size of ALL 4 piece TB's? >What is the size of ALL 5 piece TB's? 4+5 = 7.5 gigabytes. >What is the size of ALL 6 piece TB's? Unknown. What we have so far is nearly 500 gigs. I'm pretty sure we are not yet 1/2 way there. So over 1.0 terabytes probably, perhaps significantly over... >What is the size of the available from your site, 6 piece TB's? Nearly 500gb. >What is the size of a single position in a TB? > I'm not sure whether Eugene had to go past one byte yet or not, but clearly some are going to need more than a mate in 126. >> >>> >>>2. How much Tablebase cache is required to use 6 men tablebases? (Will I need >>>more than 512 MB ram total?) >> >> >>You will need maybe 200 megs for the decompression indices. 64 megs for >>cache will work just fine... >> >>A gig is probably a better size, but 512 can work. >> >> >> >> >>> >>>3. Which chessbase engines support 6+ men tablebases? > >Deep Fritz 8. And the new Shredder and Junior, which will >be available in the future. > >> >>No idea. Crafty does for certain, however. >> >> >> >>> >>>thx in advance.
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