Author: George Tsavdaris
Date: 01:48:28 03/29/05
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On March 28, 2005 at 18:10:46, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >On March 28, 2005 at 14:44:34, Thomas Logan wrote: > >>I was attempting to add to my 5 man tablebases >> >>The bases I had purchased previously does not have all the 5 man bases >> >>They are of the format >> >>KBBKNNBB.EMD & KBBKNNBW.EMD >> >>the bases on Prof Hyatt's site are of the format >> >>kbbkn.nbb.emd & kbbkn.nbw.emd >> >>what is the difference > >Both naming conventions should work. However, there is a small error in the TB >access code of Eugene Nalimov, which makes 4 vs 1 TBs nonfunctional, when they >have the naming convention with only one dot. Could we rename KBBKNNBW.EMD for example, with kbbkn.nbw.emd or then we would have problems and this is not possible..........? >All other 3/4/5 men TBs will have >no problems. It is possible, that this error makes the engine actually a bit >stronger (4 vs 1 TBs are almost useless for engine strength, but they still use >resources. They are useful in some positions, when you want to see a mate score, >instead of say +10). > >>which can be used with >> >>Chessbase >>Shredder classic >>Lokasoft >>chessmaster > >None with chessmaster. Both formats should work well with the other ones >mentioned (besides the 4 vs. 1 problem mentioned). > >Regards, >Dieter
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