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Subject: Re: Problems with 6 man endgame tablebases

Author: Helmut Conrady

Date: 00:03:08 10/31/04

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On October 30, 2004 at 18:58:20, Barry Culp wrote:

>Greetings chess and computer friends ...
>
>My setup :
> P4 3.4 ghz system with 2gb RAM WIN/XP SP2
> Shredder 8, Hiarcs 9, and Deep Fritz 8 all running on latest Chessbase GUI
>  dated April 16,2004
> Chessbase DVD Endgame Turbo 2
>
>OK ... the 6 man tablebases that come with Turbo 2 are working. I have the
>Wilhelm program ((http://www.geocities.com/rba_schach2000/) and it verified that
>the krppkr.2.nbw file was defective. I downloaded a copy from the Crafty site
>ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/ and the Wilhelm utility verified the new
>version of that file and also verified the other 6 man files. As I said
>previously, the 6 man files from chessbase do work for all 3 of my engines ....
>
>Now the problems start. I have lots of free hard drive space so I thought I
>would start the long process of downloading some of the other 6 man files on the
>Crafty site. So far I have 4 new sets :
>
>KpppKR
>KBBpKR
>KBBpKQ
>KQppKQ
>
>I have verified all 4 sets with the Wilhelm utility. Unfortunately only the
>first two are OK with the chessbase GUI. The last 2 (KBBpKQ and KQppKQ) will NOT
>work. The symtoms are the Chessbase GUI will not load ..after a few seconds it
>just disappears). Some may think this problem has been attributed to "corrupt
>files". My files are OK at least according to Wilhelm
>(http://www.geocities.com/rba_schach2000/)
>
>I have tried to get support from Chessbase on this issue but have not even
>received the courtesy of an email reply.
>
>I am reluctant to continue the process of downloading additional 6 man files
>until I am confident that I won't be wasting my time.
>
>Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated

Nalimov changed and optimized his code several times. The ChessBase-GUI isn t
able to use all current 6 men, unless you download the latest and free
access-software to Chessbase-Server (around 11,4 MB; www.playchess.com). Then
nstall, search for the TBACCESS.dll and install this file per drag and drop in
your Chessbase-GUI-root-directory. The old one will be overwritte. Use Fritz 8
or Junior 8, but not Shredder 8 oder Hiarcs 9, then all 6-men will work. Hope
this solves your problem.

Helmut




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