Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:36:49 09/02/05
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On September 02, 2005 at 03:04:18, Joshua Haglund wrote: >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 The only thing that the FEG readme talks about that sounds like that is the ability to change the folder where CM looks for the EGDB files. jm
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