Author: Les Fernandez
Date: 23:02:32 04/10/04
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On April 10, 2004 at 16:05:04, John Merlino wrote: >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 Thx, Les
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