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Subject: Tablebase instructions (for future reference)

Author: Steve Lopez

Date: 18:13:47 11/20/99

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On November 20, 1999 at 15:02:10, eric guttenberg wrote:

>I'm afraid I created a bit of a stir about Nimzo 7.32's inability
>to handle basic endgames. As it turns out Nimzo carries all that stuff
>in its tablebases which I did not have properly loaded and generated.
>Being a little dense about that sort of thing and being provided with
>instructions in Readme that are fairly incomplete, it took me a couple
>days to figure out how to get the tablebases generated and working.
>
>Once I finally got that done, I found that Nimzo handles those endings
>instantly. For example, when I place the White K on e1 and the Black
>King on e8, Black N on g8 and Black B on c8, then move the White K to
>e2...Nimzo responds instantly with a move and an announcement of
>Mate in 28 moves.
>
>Sorry about the earlier misleading posts...but I never get anything
>accomplished on a computer until I first make a big idiot out of
>myself.
>

For anyone who needs more complete instructions for Hiarcs7.32 and Nimzo7.32
than what was provided with the programs:

http://chessbaseusa.com/T-NOTES/062799.htm

-- Steve Lopez

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