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Subject: Re: Endgame tablebase help

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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