Author: Joshua Haglund
Date: 00:04:18 09/02/05
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On September 01, 2005 at 23:23:18, John Merlino wrote: >On September 01, 2005 at 20:49:32, Joshua Haglund wrote: > >>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. > >You don't have to change any "parameter". The EGDB access code just knows how to >operate if you only have one side to move available. Doing this causes longer >access times, of course. But since The King doesn't probe the databases in >search, and all access is done by the CM GUI, this doesn't really matter. > >And it is actually a little better to have only the btm files, because they are >generally slightly smaller. > >The only time that both wtm and btm files are needed is when you are generating >other files that depend on them. > >jm Hey John, I just remember reading the FEG readme, and it said something about changing a parameter value (configuration file for the GUI) so it gave you the correct mate. Other than that, yeah, btm files would be the way to go. Joshua Haglund toneewa@yahoo.com
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