Snail mail EGTB trading

[kb2ct]

I have been trying to get a full set.

E-Mule is not an option for me.

I have a 2 TB external drive with 450 gigs of tablebases and want the rest.

Would anyone with a full set be willing to share??

I will pay all expenses plus

[kb2ct]

The whole EGTB project suffers if no one wants to share or there isn't a trading mechanism set up.

External drives larger than a terabyte have becomes reasonable in price

Six man EGTB's still fit on one drive and this is the way to go.

Anyone wishing to share will not be disappointed. I will pay all expenses and toss in some unspecified goodies

[kb2ct]

Should I get a full set, I promise that I will share in a similar fashion.

Without snail mail trading, the whole project suffers.

[Kirill Kryukov]

Hi Ken! There is a chance I will try to recollect the complete 6-men tablebase set this year. If successful, I will be happy to share with you.

[kb2ct]

Thank you Kirill,

I use them on a daily basis and using the ones online slows me to a crawl.

[kb2ct]

One of the objectives of this forum is to make the complete set of tablebases available.

This requires cooperation, but now that one terabyte hard drives cost about a hundred dollars, it is very possible.

[Shaun]

Since my broadband was upgraded I have started downloading the 6-men in anger. 1 month ago I had 60gb's worth and that had taken me months over a few years. Now in a few weeks I have 695GB. By the end of August I should have the complete 6-men assuming my ISP does not close my account - I am way beyond their definition of reasonable usage

Once I have a verified set I will make available the 6-men tbs on disk for the cost of the disk + postage.

Watch this space

Shaun

P.S. I am UK based so this probably limits distribution to UK/Europe?

[kb2ct]

European ISP's are less restrictive than those in the United States.

I can download 12 gigs per month and upload 3 gigs.

This explains why e-mule is not an option for me.

I am more than happy to pay any costs involved and I suspect others are too.

[Shaun]

Well so far I have not had any complaints from my ISP.

The ISP contracts in the UK(and I am sure everywhere else too) vary tremendously, some are unlimited (but with the right to decide what is reasonable) others specify a cap.

I currently have 3 ISPs , cable 10Mb/s max download speed / unlimited usage, ADSL 2Mb/s max download speed and 2GB monthly usage allowance, plus a mobile broadband package with significantly worse speed and an even smaller usage limit, however it means I can access the net from anywhere I can get a mobile signal.

Anyway back to the downloads – I now have approximately 800GB downloaded, once I have the complete set and it is validated I will look at postage options....

Shaun

[kb2ct]

Super

We can trade addresses by private message and I can pay you by PayPal.

[MarkS]

I would like to get a copy of the disks as well. Should I contact you by email?

Mark S.

[kb2ct]

I would like to get a copy of the disks as well. Should I contact you by email?

Mark S.

The files when done will be too large to fit on DVD's

You will have to buy an external hard drive over 1 terabyte and have the files mirrored.

This wasn't possible before, but it is now.

I have a 2 terabyte drive ready to mail to Shaun when he is done downloading.

Once I have them, I will be happy to do the same for anyone who asks and pays postage.

[Shaun]

I think I have all the 6 men TB's - and should be able to start loading them up on 1.5TB drives for mailing

However I have very little time at the moment to search about so I am going to be lazy and ask here:

What is the easiest way to verify the 6 men TB's?

Thanks

Shaun

P.S. Once we have a few copies about we can reduce mail costs/time by avoiding international shipping, people willing to help distribute will get priority from me.

[Kirill Kryukov]

What is the easiest way to verify the 6 men TB's?

Run the md5sum against the md5 files from the EGTB sharing page.

Direct links to the md5 files:

• all-42.md5
• all-33.md5
• all-42p.md5
• all-33p.md5

[Shaun]

What is the easiest way to verify the 6 men TB's?

Run the md5sum against the md5 files from the EGTB sharing page.

Direct links to the md5 files:

• all-42.md5
• all-33.md5
• all-42p.md5
• all-33p.md5

Kirill,

sorry I know I am being lazy and could find the answer with a bit of searching.... but can you point me at a trusted exe to calculate the sum and check against the files.

I thought there was and engine Baron? that could verify the TBs? Do I have the right program was that only 5 men?

Shaun

[Kirill Kryukov]

Kirill,

sorry I know I am being lazy and could find the answer with a bit of searching.... but can you point me at a trusted exe to calculate the sum and check against the files.

The one from GnuWin32 CoreUtils package should be fine.

I thought there was and engine Baron? that could verify the TBs? Do I have the right program was that only 5 men?

Shaun

Sorry, no idea. Wilhelm was able to verify the 6-men files, if I remember correctly.

[Shaun]

Okay using md5sum looks time consuming its going to take a while to even read the instructions:

http://horizonchess.com/FAQ/Winboard/md5.html

Looks like Wilhelm is what I need (download link broken).

Does anyone have the latest version - freeeware so no legal reasons not to attach here, from Kirill's notes I need version 1.5 or newer, lets hope it runs on Vista

[Kirill Kryukov]

md5sum is the easiest possible way. Step by step:
1. Put .md5 files into the directory where you keep the tablebases.
2. Copy the md5sum.exe into the same directory (also you can put it into any directory included in %PATH%)
3. Run command: "md5sum.exe -c name-of-md5-file >result-file". For example, "md5sum.exe -c all-42.md5 >all-42.md5.result".
4. Examine the result file to see if all files are OK, or if there are any missing files or any not matching signatures.

[Shaun]

Wilhelm does not seem to run on Vista 64-bit not really sure as all the messages were in German....

I need to look for an alternate md5sum.exe or find what dlls are missing as it will not run...

Will try later unfortunately I really do not have time to sort this at the moment.

Shaun

[Kirill Kryukov]

I need to look for an alternate md5sum.exe or find what dlls are missing as it will not run...

Will try later unfortunately I really do not have time to sort this at the moment.

Shaun

Oh I see. You probably need the dependencies from the same page.

[ernest]

What is the easiest way to verify the 6 men TB's?

I did it with Wilhelm
No problem. The md5 are included in the program.

Besides, anybody really interested in EGTBs should have Wilhelm

[kb2ct]

This forum does not notify you when you get a private message.

Shaun, you have a private message.

[Shaun]

Okay I have md5sum running not sure if it working or at least I hope it is not!!!

It has highlighted that I seem to have 1 file missing, however is fails all the files I have downloaded???

I will test them on a position later any other thoughts?

Shaun

[Shaun]

I have downloaded the missing TB so now have the complete set, although md5sum shows them ALL as failed?

I installed them in the Shredder GUI and tested them on a couple of positions both found the mate from the TB (checked the result against the online version and it was correct). The mates were not found without the 6-men so for those positions my 6men TBs are fine???

Does anyone know why md5sum is giving me errors?

Example:

kbbkbb.nbw.emd: FAILED
kbbkbn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kbbkbn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kbbknn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kbbknn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kbnkbn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kbnknn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kbnknn.nbw.emd: FAILED
knnknn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbkbb.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqbkbb.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbkbn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqbkbn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbknn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqbknn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbkqb.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbkqn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqbkqn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbkrb.0.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqbkrb.0.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbkrb.1.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqbkrb.1.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbkrb.2.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqbkrb.2.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbkrn.0.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqbkrn.0.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbkrn.1.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqbkrn.1.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbkrn.2.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqbkrn.2.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqbkrr.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqbkrr.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqnkbb.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqnkbb.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqnkbn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqnkbn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqnknn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqnknn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqnkqn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqnkrb.0.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqnkrb.0.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqnkrb.1.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqnkrb.1.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqnkrb.2.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqnkrb.2.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqnkrn.0.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqnkrn.0.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqnkrn.1.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqnkrn.1.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqnkrn.2.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqnkrn.2.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqnkrr.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqnkrr.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqqkbb.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqqkbb.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqqkbn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqqkbn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqqknn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqqknn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqqkqb.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqqkqb.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqqkqn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqqkqn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqqkqq.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqqkqr.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqqkqr.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqqkrb.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqqkrb.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqqkrn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqqkrn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqqkrr.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqqkrr.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqrkbb.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqrkbb.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqrkbn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqrkbn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqrknn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqrknn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqrkqb.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqrkqb.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqrkqn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqrkqn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqrkqr.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqrkrb.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqrkrb.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqrkrn.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqrkrn.nbw.emd: FAILED
kqrkrr.nbb.emd: FAILED
kqrkrr.nbw.emd: FAILED
krbkbb.nbb.emd: FAILED
krbkbb.nbw.emd: FAILED
krbkbn.0.nbb.emd: FAILED
krbkbn.0.nbw.emd: FAILED
krbkbn.1.nbb.emd: FAILED
krbkbn.1.nbw.emd: FAILED
krbkbn.2.nbb.emd: FAILED
krbkbn.2.nbw.emd: FAILED
krbknn.nbb.emd: FAILED
krbknn.nbw.emd: FAILED
krbkrb.nbw.emd: FAILED
krbkrn.nbb.emd: FAILED
krbkrn.nbw.emd: FAILED
krnkbb.nbb.emd: FAILED
krnkbb.nbw.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.0.nbb.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.0.nbw.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.1.nbb.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.1.nbw.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.2.nbb.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.2.nbw.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.3.nbb.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.3.nbw.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.4.nbb.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.4.nbw.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.5.nbb.emd: FAILED
krnkbn.5.nbw.emd: FAILED
krnknn.nbb.emd: FAILED
krnknn.nbw.emd: FAILED
krnkrn.nbw.emd: FAILED
krrkbb.nbb.emd: FAILED
krrkbb.nbw.emd: FAILED
krrkbn.nbb.emd: FAILED
krrkbn.nbw.emd: FAILED
krrknn.nbb.emd: FAILED
krrknn.nbw.emd: FAILED
krrkrb.nbb.emd: FAILED
krrkrb.nbw.emd: FAILED
krrkrn.nbb.emd: FAILED
krrkrn.nbw.emd: FAILED
krrkrr.nbw.emd: FAILED

[ernest]

Does anyone know why md5sum is giving me errors?
kbbkbb.nbw.emd: FAILED

I have the following md5:
10556067bcedc910abacf0c379fb28de kbbkbb.nbw.emd
You should download again that very short (18 MB) egtb kbbkbb.nbw.emd and try again the md5.
I just did, and it checked fine.

But I don't understand why Wilhelm does not work on your (Vista) system: if you send me the error messages, I will translate them for you.