Author: John Merlino
Date: 10:38:30 04/09/04
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On April 09, 2004 at 13:33:36, Dann Corbit wrote: >On April 09, 2004 at 12:56:58, John Merlino wrote: > >>On April 09, 2004 at 02:24:36, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On April 09, 2004 at 00:35:43, Les Fernandez wrote: >>> >>>>Is anyone aware of any study that has been done regarding the "time" thats >>>>needed to generate endgame table bases? Eugene would probably be the best one >>>>to consult with since he appears to be the "authority on this subject" but I am >>>>interested to hear from anyone. Certainly it is important that the times are >>>>all based on same hardware. I am interested in studying the times it takes to >>>>do each tablebase. By each tablebase I mean each individual one. >>> >>>According to my understanding the ChessMaster FEG tablebase files are faster to >>>generate and require less memory. >>> >>>I do not know if they can produce the statistics that you are interested in, >>>however. >> >>Yes, they can. The FEG utility can perform a summary of all files generated on >>your computer, and this includes the time it took to generate them. > >Is the format public? Nope. >Can other engines use the tables? Yes, if they had the format. :-) But for now, Johan is keeping it to himself. jm
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