Author: James T. Walker
Date: 18:38:29 08/02/99
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On August 01, 1999 at 11:34:37, John R. Menke, Sr. wrote: >A time-saving tip... > >When I load Hiarcs 7.32 it takes 45-60 seconds to initialize the tablebases. >That's a big waste of time, because I only need the tablebases if there are only >a few pieces remaining. > >Things that failed to work: Changing the cache size in c:Windows\ChssBase.ini >doesn't have much effect on the initialization time. Insofar as I've been able >to discover, it also has no effect to change the engine parameters from within >the Hiarcs (Fritz) interface, or to edit the engines.ini or f5.ini files -- >because the tablebases still attempt to initialize each time Hiarcs 7.32 is >loaded. > >THE SOLUTION... I created a new empty folder "TBs" at c:\PROGRAM >FILES\CHESSBASE\TBs. Then I edited the tablebase reference in >c:Windows\ChssBase.ini file as follows: > >[Tablebase] >Path=c:\PROGRAM FILES\CHESSBASE\TBs >rem Path=D:\TBs >rem CacheSizeKB=2048 > > >Now when I load Hiarcs 7.32, it takes zero seconds to initialize the tablebases! > >--JRM Hello JRM, My computers take about 3 or 4 seconds to initialize the TB's. I have all 3/4 and about 20 of the 5 man tablebases so far. It seems to me that you are disabling the TB's with your setup. If that's what you want, that's fine but they do have a function in the endgame. Jim Walker
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