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Subject: Re: Q: Nalimov EGTB?

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 13:23:08 08/05/99

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Off course there are no specifications. Real programmers do not write
specifications :-).

Eugene

On August 05, 1999 at 15:45:39, KarinsDad wrote:

>On August 05, 1999 at 13:03:07, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>
>>On August 05, 1999 at 05:23:05, Dennis Breuker wrote:
>>
>>>I haven't read CCC for a long time, and saw some reference to
>>>Nalimov's EGTB. My question is: what is so special about Nalimov's EGTB?
>>>Is it different from the "normal" ones like Edwards' and Thompson's?
>>>
>>>Dennis Breuker (Dennis.Breuker@nospam.capgemini.nl)
>>
>>(1) I generated *full* set of 3+2 TBs; generator (hopefully) can handle all 4+1,
>>too, if somebody wants them.
>>(2) En passant is handled correctly.
>>(3) They are 2 times less than Edwards' when uncompressed, 8 times less when
>>compressed; and compressed format (unlike Thopson's) allows fast probing.
>>(4) TB format and probing code allows TB probing "in the tree", not only at the
>>root.
>>(5) Source of probing code is available, so you can easily incorporate it into
>>your chess program. Some programmers had done that in ~2 hours.
>>(6) You can easily download generator itself, as well as all 3+3 TBs, from
>>ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt.
>>(7) A lot of programs already support them, and more will be released this fall.
>>
>>Eugene
>
>Eugene,
>
>Do you have a spec on this?
>
>I'd like to take a look at it (without reading the code).
>
>You know how I like to fiddle. Please send me an Email.
>
>Thanks,
>
>KarinsDad :)



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