Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 12:36:17 09/23/99
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I already sent a message to you by e-mail. I can send CD-ROM to you if I'll know your address. Eugene On September 23, 1999 at 15:27:03, Peter Marko wrote: >Thanks very much, Eugene. Does this mean that the KQQKQQ tablebase is ready to >use with Crafty 16.19? Looking at the size (over 400MB), I have no way of >downloading this to my home machine (33Kbit/s connection = 30 hours best case). >I may try it here at work, we have four times the throughput even during the >day, so I might be able to do it overnight. Would it be very inconvenient for >you to send the 4Q TB on a CD? I am willing to cover your costs, of course. By >the way, what are your thoughts on distributing your TB on a CD to a few people >on the World Team? > >Thanks, > >Peter > > >On September 23, 1999 at 14:54:23, Eugene Nalimov wrote: > >>I uploaded Win32 executables to Bob's FTP site. Glitch in probing code is fixed, >>as well as one more EGTB-related bug that appeared in 16.19. >> >>Eugene >> >>On September 23, 1999 at 14:39:07, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On September 23, 1999 at 12:50:21, Peter Marko wrote: >>> >>>>Thanks for your quick response, Robert. Regarding CD distribution of the 4Q >>>>tablebases, I am more than willing to do it provided that >>>> >>>>(1) All parties involved give me permission to do it; and >>>>(2) I receive one copy of the tablebases on CDs. >>>> >>>>I can burn the duplicate CDs and mail them to a few people on the World Team to >>>>take that burden off the developers' shoulders. >>>> >>>>Please keep me posted on your progress with integrating Crafty and the 6-piece >>>>TBs. >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>> >>>>Peter >>>> >>> >>>Crafty is finished... (16.19). I think Eugene might have a minor glitch in >>>the probe code, and he is looking at it, as we only need wtm for the kqqkqq >>>type files as they are symmetric with white and black, and it is just a matter >>>of inverting the board and probing to get the right score. He thought he was >>>doing this, but I was only seeing hits on every other ply, which suggested that >>>it might not be working right. >>> >>>in any case, download 16.19 source, add the -DEGTB6 compile option, and you >>>are ready to go, although maybe not quite optimally just yet... and I would >>>generally not run with just a couple of 6 man files in real games, as it will >>>try to probe on _any_ 6 man ending and most will be rejected, wasting time. >>> >>> >>>
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