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Subject: Re: Where to download Nalimov tablebases?

Author: CLiebert

Date: 15:07:07 05/23/99

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On May 23, 1999 at 13:35:28, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 23, 1999 at 13:21:01, CLiebert wrote:
>
>>On May 23, 1999 at 11:16:00, Mihnea Voloaca wrote:
>>
>>>Just wanted to know where I can download these tablebases ...
>>>Are there any plans to put them all on a CD?
>>>
>>>On a related topic- how do you use them in Fritz 5.32, with the Crafty engine?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>
>>Save for your time and money for downloading.
>>With hiarcs7.32 you could create the tablebases
>>on your own (all 4 p., a lot 5 p.)
>>
>>Regards
>>Christian
>
>
>What format?  With the Edwards tabebase generator, you are talking a year to
>generate them all.  With Eugene's you are talking months and you need a lot
>of memory (512mb).
>
>All are available on ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB, but you need about 6 gigs
>of disk space to hold them all...  And right now I don't know of any commercial
>program that will use them other than CSTal 2.

Hiarcs7.32 will use tbases. Packed format. I you would generate all: 8GB.
With 128MB RAM it is possible to generate 146 tbases, the bigger ones
need 571 MB RAM, thats right. For now to much, but who knows whats
on your Desk next year...
Christian





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