Author: Robin Smith
Date: 13:08:20 06/09/99
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On June 08, 1999 at 23:17:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 08, 1999 at 23:11:39, Nicholas Cooper wrote: > >>I notice that Hiracs 7.32 (as distributed by ChessBase) includes all the 3 and 4 >>piece endgame tablebases but only the following 5-piece ones: >>KPP-KP, KRP-KR, KBP-KB, KRB-KR, KRN-KR. >>Given that, for example, KQP-KQ, KQ-KRP and KQ-KR are of significant importance >>in practical play, is it possible to download these somewhere and if so, how >>large are they? I have read that the generating program for the compressed >>tablebases can require large amounts of RAM which I do not have (my machine is a >>PII-233MHz with 64MB RAM). >> >>Any information would be greatly appreciated. >> >>Thank you in advance. >> >>Nick Cooper > >all of the 3 vs 2 Nalimov files are available at ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB/ > >all of the files available require about 6 gigs compressed (you can leave them >compressed for crafty, I don't know about hiarcs) and almost 23 gigs if you >uncompress them... Downloading 6 gigs of data is a daunting prospect. Are these available elsewhere, perhaps on a CD set or DVD? Also, what are the advantages of the Nalimov files as compared to the Ken Thompson endings databases? Thanks for any insight you can provide. Robin Smith
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