Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:31:31 09/23/99
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On September 23, 1999 at 16:23:09, James T. Walker wrote: >On September 23, 1999 at 14:33:17, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 23, 1999 at 13:44:36, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>>On September 23, 1999 at 13:32:35, James T. Walker wrote: >>> >>>>On September 23, 1999 at 10:50:01, Pete Galati wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 23, 1999 at 10:27:21, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On September 23, 1999 at 10:05:05, Helge Gabert wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On September 23, 1999 at 03:21:05, Shep wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On September 23, 1999 at 01:00:12, Pete Galati wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>On September 22, 1999 at 21:51:00, Helge Gabert wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>WCrafty 16.18 (Winboard) doesn't seem to recognize the compressed Nalimov >>>>>>>>>>tablebases (*.emd). However, it works fine with the uncompressed (*.nbb/nbw) >>>>>>>>>>files. Is there some magic trick to make it work? Thanks for any suggestions. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>I hadn't been using tablebases for a long time (I don't have the space) but I >>>>>>>>>decided to use the 3 pc tablebases and Crafty v16.18 would only see some of >>>>>>>>>them. I did not try decompressing them though, I just got rid of them because I >>>>>>>>>didn't want to take the time to figure out what was going wrong. It could be >>>>>>>>>(?) that Crafty v16.17 does not have this problem. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>As far as I know I did everything right, but I should have checked the other >>>>>>>>>programs to see if they could see all of the tablebases but I didn't, sorry. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I tried 16.18 yesterday and did not notice anything. Running my usual test >>>>>>>>positions, TBs like KPPKP or KQK or KNBK were accessed properly (compressed >>>>>>>>format). I didn't verify if each and every one of the 5-man set worked, but at >>>>>>>>least I don't see any obvious problem with TB access. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>--- >>>>>>>>Shep >>>>>>> >>>>>>>So what did you do? Copy all .emd files into a directory, leave them *as is* >>>>>>>(i.e, uncompressed), and run Crafty with command line option /tbpath=directory? >>>>>>>If so, I'm at a loss, because that doesn't seem to work. >>>>>> >>>>>>I did the same. Generating 4-man tb's, compress them and use them. >>>>>>Without any problems. >>>>>>May be you did something very special. >>>>>>It would be helpfull, if you could say a little more. >>>>>>What system do you use? >>>>>>What command do you give to crafty? >>>>>> >>>>>>Kind regards >>>>>>Bernhard >>>>> >>>>>I don't have the impression that anybody here is checking Crafty itself to make >>>>>sure that Crafty sees these tablebases. >>>>> >>>>>Pete >>>> >>>>Hello Pete, >>>>Every time I add a new tablebase file I check it with Crafty to make sure it's >>>>working OK. As far as I can tell they are all working fine. I have not had any >>>>problems. How do you deternime if it's working or not?? >>>>Jim Walker >>> >>>Personally I know of no way to check to see if they're working, I just check to >>>see if Crafty recognises that they're there. Maybe there's a better way to do >>>it, I don't know. >>> >>>I just had the odd impression that people were loading up with tablebases and >>>starting Crafty up in Winboard and assuming that they were all working, maybe >>>I'm wrong, maybe they're paying more attention than that. >>> >>>Pete >> >>set up a position, type "go" and see if it says MatXX with <EGTB> on the end of >>the variations. >> >>that's the quickest test. and they are definitely working... > >Well, make sure it's a position with a mate and make sure it's a position with >the side to mate is on the move. Otherwise Crafty will be in the swindle mode >and it looks like they are not working. >Jim Walker Ah yes... good point... else add "swindle=off" before you start the search, then it won't do that...
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