I agree on that. I've personally removed 3-4-5 tablebases from my eMule shared directory, just to distribute the 6-men tablebases more efficiently.jshriver wrote:Wanted to add, that 3-4-5 isn't a high priority. Between Dr. Hyatt and myself and this project I feel that void is well taken care of.
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- Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:30 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Google Hosting
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11069
Re: Google Hosting
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:22 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Google Hosting
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11069
Re: Google Hosting
Cool! I'd think EGTBs definitely count. 1,2 TBs would also be practically nothing for Google as they're already planning to host the 120 TBs of Hubble Space Telescope data. Yet 1,2 TB is enough so that one can say that it couldn't possible be hosted elsewhere. Maybe Google would also be inspired to ...
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:15 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: TalkChess.com
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3555
Re: TalkChess.com
I PM'd the moderator Graham Banks now.
- Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:55 am
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: utility for testing tablebases integrity
- Replies: 20
- Views: 20997
Re: utility for testing tablebases integrity
I'd also like to know the reasoning for the current classification. Could you add an alternative view mode, the tree just sorted alphabetically within the 33, 42P, etc categories? You could also save and display the sizes of all tablebases in the program. That would help one to spot the small ones a...
- Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:05 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Speed-comparison
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4080
Re: Speed-comparison
What engines, if any, can utilize your bitbases? I hope you design the program so that it can generate bitbases of arbitrary size, not just limited to 6-men... Would that be possible? I think we'd have many 7-man and perhaps even 8-man tablebases if only the Nalimov format wasn't limited to 6-men. O...
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:16 am
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: www.k4it.de
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3382
Re: www.k4it.de
Shows up fine as a win in 29 for me...
- Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:35 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: web-page to access for 6-men tablebases online
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2851
Re: web-page to access for 6-men tablebases online
Nice one. How about adding a little more room for the moves and some little arrows one could use to browse through them? Also, when I press Evaluate, the program appears to freeze for a few seconds. It would be nice to have some indicator telling that the program is actually loading the results.
- Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:47 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: 7-men egtb and wikipedia
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2783
Re: 7-men egtb and wikipedia
Definitely not a separate page into Wikipedia, as there is already the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_tablebase article. You can incorporate some data into that if you want. You should consider using http://chess.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page or http://chess.wikidot.com/ , those are more dedicated ...
- Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:58 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: How can we ensure, that you can download from me? (Update)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 26671
Re: How can we ensure, that you can download from me? (Update)
I still don't see alternatives to eMule for massive file sharing like we do here. What about BitTorrent? I was personally frustrated when I had to download yet-another-p2p-client to download the tablebases. BitTorrent has a large user base and works in a similar way to eMule in that you share even ...
- Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:10 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Big Bang offline
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3370
Re: Big Bang offline
Anyone can suggest it, JT-CHESS, but since no one is suggesting, I'll take Sciolto's hint and decide that we should all connect to eDonkeyServer No2 (83.149.104.123:4242) in case the BigBangs do not work.
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:03 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Big FTP Server
- Replies: 22
- Views: 17400
Re: Has anyone thought about contacting Google?
3) Has anyone thought about contacting Google? They host staggering amounts of data, and allow users equally staggering bandwidth. According to Forbes, Google is launching an online storage service. Hosting the full six piece Nalimov set would cost, hmm, $2500 a year: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap...
- Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:58 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Current status of 7-men tablebases?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14565
Re: 7-man EGTs
Yakov Konoval has a new super-fast code that computes 7-man EGTs to the DTC(onversion) metric. What if one is not interested in the metrics but just the status of a position -- whether it's won, lost or a draw? Anyone developing any new bitbases? I'd think that's a faster process than developing fu...
- Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:55 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: 5-1 EGTB Status. What is needed to make them useable?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9907
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:34 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: 5-1 EGTB Status. What is needed to make them useable?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9907
In the interim, I'm open to pledges of donated computing power. I could donate some computing power... I have even just finished downloading all 5-men Nalimov bases. I just need a program and some instructions. I'm already running BOINC continuously anyway so I might as well run this thing. Edit/Ad...
- Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:25 am
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Downloading Scorpio bitbases
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10841
- Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:33 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Downloading Scorpio bitbases
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10841
Yes, the dll is available from WBEC and so are the 3 and 4 men bitbases (as a rar-file), so right now my mirror is rather useless, unless there is a way to add a http-source into the eMule link? I'll let you know if I ever get any space for larger files. Btw, I moved the tablebase stuff under the TB...
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:25 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Downloading Scorpio bitbases
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10841
Excellent, thanks for the quick reply and action, Kirill! I already downloaded the archive with the 3 and 4-men bitbases and I'm currently downloading the 5-man archive. Meanwhile I uploaded the Scorpio-bitbases-3-4-men.zip into my personal web space. The MD5 sum is 57a10d31dcb9085ab968b47957b7e6e1,...
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:21 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Downloading Scorpio bitbases
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10841
Downloading Scorpio bitbases
I have found the WBEC Ridderkerk Scorpio page that has two links to MomUPLoad.com. Whenever I try to download the bitbases from MomUPLoad.com, I only get some two to twenty megabytes of data before the download ends for no apparent reason. Can anyone download the bitbases? I also found some other li...
- Mon May 07, 2007 10:37 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Current status of 7-men tablebases?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14565
Current status of 7-men tablebases?
I cannot seem to find any up to date information so I decided to ask. What's the current situation with 7-men tablebases? All 6-men tablebases have been created so I think the creation of 7-men tablebases should be in good progress, but the situation appears to be completely opposite. I have gathere...
- Sat May 05, 2007 7:49 pm
- Forum: Endgame Tablebases
- Topic: Wikipedia entry on 'Endgame Tablebases'
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3113
Wikipedia
Hello guyhaw! Wikipedia is a collaborative effort and there are many authors, including me, for the Endgame tablebase article. You do not need to join Wikipedia to edit the article. Just use the "edit this page" link at the top of the page. :) However, I strongly encourage you to create an...