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Subject: Re: Nalimov Tablebase Compression

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:24:32 03/07/99

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On March 07, 1999 at 12:14:02, James T. Walker wrote:

>Hello,
>I've generated all the 3/4 man tablebases but when I try to compress the files I
>must be doing something wrong.  For instance when trying to compress the
>KNK.NBB (28,644 bytes) I end up with 187 byte file??  Any help appreciated.
>Jim Walker






that is quite possible.  KNK is a draw in _every_ case.  All you have are a
few compression terms in the file, no data at all.  :)

You will find that KR vs KR compresses to a very small file for the same
reason...



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