Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 12:44:23 04/20/99
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On April 20, 1999 at 15:18:00, Hristo wrote:
>On April 20, 1999 at 00:19:51, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>are there sex pictures on craftys site ? hmm..hm.hm :)))
>I go see :))) hm.hm.hm.
>LOL
>
>Hristo
Yeah, I've seen something like a pervert rotated titboard in spread eagle.
Really messy! :)
Christophe
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