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Subject: Re: 6 man endgame database (Finnished?)

Author: Joshua Haglund

Date: 17:49:32 09/01/05

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On September 01, 2005 at 15:42:29, John Merlino wrote:

>On September 01, 2005 at 13:33:14, Peter Skinner wrote:
>
>>On September 01, 2005 at 12:47:57, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>A single 7 men in Nalimov format you probably won't see soon.
>>>
>>>Just guessing blindfolded now it would be in nalimov format something like 200
>>>terabyte for all 7 men?
>>>
>>>Most likely either Marc or in Diep format you'll see all useful 7 men as the
>>>first.
>>
>>How big are your 3/4/5/6 man tablebases in total?
>>
>>This was a point of discussion on ICC the other night and many there thought
>>that it was possible to get better/small tablebases than the current Nalimov
>>structure.
>>
>>Most believed that the EGDB's that come with Chessmaster are the best by far.
>>
>>Peter
>
>Well, I suppose that they're "best" because they're faster to generate and
>smaller than Nalimov. :-)
>
>However, they have one big drawback -- they can't be used outside of
>Chessmaster. Or, at least, not until Johan allows them to be.
>
>jm

They also work if you have just the white side tables. Just change a parameter
and they work with half the space.



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