Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Question for you Endgame Enthusiasts

Author: John Merlino

Date: 13:05:04 04/10/04

Go up one level in this thread


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



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.