Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 21:19:51 04/19/99
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On April 19, 1999 at 17:07:31, KarinsDad wrote:
>On April 19, 1999 at 16:52:09, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 19, 1999 at 15:52:49, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>
>>>On April 19, 1999 at 15:09:23, KarinsDad wrote:
>>>
>>>>I looked on the web, through the Crafty source, and also Eugene's endgame
>>>>tablebase generator code, however, the tablebases seem to be complex enough that
>>>>I will not be able to quickly sort through code to find out how it works.
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone know of a design specification (or at least a semi-thorough writeup)
>>>>on how the tablebases are set up and used?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>KarinsDad :)
>>>
>>>ftp://crafty.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB/tbgen.zip contains file
>>>probe.txt. If that's not sufficient, you can e-mail me directly.
>>>
>>>Eugene
>>
>>The site cannot be accessed any more, Eugene. :(
>>
>>Too bad, I was interested too...
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>Christophe,
>
>I used the site:
>
>ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB/tbgen.zip
>
>to get the Eugene's tablebase code this morning, however, since I wasn't using
>it to "code up TBs" into my program, it was a little too "how to" and not enough
>"how does" for me to quickly find out what I wanted (although between it and the
>Crafty source, there seems to be enough there to add egtbs to a program). So, I
>guess I'll have to Email Eugene directly.
>
>However, this site should allow you to get the files.
>
>Good Luck,
>
>KarinsDad :)
OK, I got the file. I suppose the FTP site was too busy when I did my first
attempt... A nightmare wision... Thousands of chess programmers all over the
world downloading the EGTB files, ready to crush my little program in any
endgame...
Or maybe I'm just getting paranoid and they were all simply downloading sex
pictures. As usual.
Christophe
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