Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:05:04 04/10/04
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On April 10, 2004 at 11:09:16, Les Fernandez wrote: >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 Of course, all 5-man files were generated when CM9000 was released almost two years ago. Marc Bourzhutschky (sp?) spent quite a bit of time generating 6-man files, and has several dozen DVDs worth of backups to show for it. If you want to reach Johan, just post a message here "For Johan de Koning". jm
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