Author: Joshua Haglund
Date: 22:21:03 09/03/05
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On September 02, 2005 at 14:36:49, John Merlino wrote: >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 Yeah I don't know where I got that... cm.ini only comes to mind. Joshua Haglund toneewa@yahoo.com
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