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Subject: Re: Question for you Endgame Enthusiasts

Author: Les Fernandez

Date: 08:09:16 04/10/04

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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?
>
>Can other engines use the tables?

Hi Dann and John,

Hmmm I wonder how many egtb's have been generated using this method??  Is
someone generating them using this method as we speak??  How do I reach Jonas ??
about this.

Thanks,

Les



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