Fritz 10 - Tablebases

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Date: 27 Aug 2007 05:16:23
From: keithbc
Subject: Fritz 10 - Tablebases

Please help.

I cannot access the endgame database when playing 4 or 5 piece
endings.

The manual refers to the tablebase on the CD and advises to 'copy the
content of the directory \TBS.

I have opened the Fritz CD and cannot find anything with TBS on.

Am I mising something ie the endgame database itself on the CD??

Date:
From: Martin Brown
Subject: Re: Fritz 10 - Tablebases

Date: 28 Aug 2007 05:00:34
From: keithbc
Subject: Re: Fritz 10 - Tablebases

On 27 Aug, 19:45, "John Sheatsley" <[email protected] > wrote:
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> >> The tablebases are not on the DVD.
> >> You can download them from the Hyatt site (among others):
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> >>ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB/3-4-5/
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> >> Regards,
> >> John
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> > Thank you very much for that. The previous Fritz version I had (5.32)
> > has some endgame databases on them.
>
> > I have looked at this sight and please forgive me if I seem a bit
> > naive, but do I need to download each separate endgame type (ie
> > QRvsQR) separately, or can I (somehow?) download the lot?
>
> > many thanks
> > regards
> > Keith
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> Sorry, Keith, but you will need to download each file separately.
> However, you can start another download while one is in progress
> and have several running at once. I think I had 10 going
> at a time. It may take 3-4 hours even with a high speed
> connection.
>
> Regards,
> John- Hide quoted text -
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Thanks John that was useful - did not know I could download more than
one at a time!

regards

Date: 28 Aug 2007 10:07:47
From: Kerry Liles
Subject: Re: Fritz 10 - Tablebases

"keithbc" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
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> Thanks John that was useful - did not know I could download more than
> one at a time!
>
> regards
>

By the way, depending on your browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox etc) you
may be able to start only (!) 4 downloads at one time... I can't recall the
defaults for any of the browsers, but if you Google for "concurrent
download browser" along with your browser name, you might find ways to
increase or otherwise tweak that number. However, unless you are on a very
fast connection, more than the default is likely going to result in
starvation of all but the first few downloads unless they are from different
sites (in this case, all your downloads would be coming from the same web
site, so there is a limit to the amount of data that can be sucked through a
straw...)

HTH

Date: 27 Aug 2007 08:55:21
From: keithbc
Subject: Re: Fritz 10 - Tablebases

On 27 Aug, 13:58, "John Sheatsley" <[email protected] > wrote:
> "keithbc" <[email protected]> wrote in messagenews:[email protected]...
> > Please help.
>
> > I cannot access the endgame database when playing 4 or 5 piece
> > endings.
>
> > The manual refers to the tablebase on the CD and advises to 'copy the
> > content of the directory \TBS.
>
> > I have opened the Fritz CD and cannot find anything with TBS on.
>
> > Am I mising something ie the endgame database itself on the CD??
>
> The tablebases are not on the DVD.
> You can download them from the Hyatt site (among others):
>
> ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB/3-4-5/
>
> Regards,
> John

Thank you very much for that. The previous Fritz version I had (5.32)
has some endgame databases on them.

I have looked at this sight and please forgive me if I seem a bit
naive, but do I need to download each separate endgame type (ie
QRvsQR) separately, or can I (somehow?) download the lot?

many thanks
regards
Keith

Date: 27 Aug 2007 14:45:56
From: John Sheatsley
Subject: Re: Fritz 10 - Tablebases

<snip >

>>
>> The tablebases are not on the DVD.
>> You can download them from the Hyatt site (among others):
>>
>> ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB/3-4-5/
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for that. The previous Fritz version I had (5.32)
> has some endgame databases on them.
>
> I have looked at this sight and please forgive me if I seem a bit
> naive, but do I need to download each separate endgame type (ie
> QRvsQR) separately, or can I (somehow?) download the lot?
>
> many thanks
> regards
> Keith
>

Sorry, Keith, but you will need to download each file separately.
However, you can start another download while one is in progress
and have several running at once. I think I had 10 going
at a time. It may take 3-4 hours even with a high speed
connection.

Regards,
John

Date: 28 Aug 2007 18:50:35
From: cbseries
Subject: Re: Fritz 10 - Tablebases

John Sheatsley;238416 Wrote:
> snip
> --
>
> The tablebases are not on the DVD.
> You can download them from the Hyatt site (among others):
>
> ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB/3-4-5/
>
> Regards,
> John-
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for that. The previous Fritz version I had (5.32)
> has some endgame databases on them.
>
> I have looked at this sight and please forgive me if I seem a bit
> naive, but do I need to download each separate endgame type (ie
> QRvsQR) separately, or can I (somehow?) download the lot?
>
> many thanks
> regards
> Keith
> -
>
> Sorry, Keith, but you will need to download each file separately.
> However, you can start another download while one is in progress
> and have several running at once. I think I had 10 going
> at a time. It may take 3-4 hours even with a high speed
> connection.
>
> Regards,
> John

Or if you use Firefox browser use the browser add-on 'DownThemAll' an
it will download all of the emd files for you. I set 'DownThemAll' t
download the files one at a time.

I have gotten the tablebases from the Hyatt site both ways, clickin
each link manually and another time, after having learned abou
'DownThemAll' I let it download them for me.

Either way you use to download the files, when finished you should hav
290 files, totaling some 7.05 gigabytes

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cbseries

Date: 01 Sep 2007 12:21:47
From: Gilles Garrigues
Subject: Re: Fritz 10 - Tablebases

And then check the integrity of the downloads with a freesoft such as
Wilhelm 1.50

"cbseries" <[email protected] > a �crit dans le message de
news: [email protected]...
>
> John Sheatsley;238416 Wrote:
>> snip
>> --
>>
>> The tablebases are not on the DVD.
>> You can download them from the Hyatt site (among others):
>>
>> ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB/3-4-5/
>>
>> Regards,
>> John-
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for that. The previous Fritz version I had (5.32)
>> has some endgame databases on them.
>>
>> I have looked at this sight and please forgive me if I seem a bit
>> naive, but do I need to download each separate endgame type (ie
>> QRvsQR) separately, or can I (somehow?) download the lot?
>>
>> many thanks
>> regards
>> Keith
>> -
>>
>> Sorry, Keith, but you will need to download each file separately.
>> However, you can start another download while one is in progress
>> and have several running at once. I think I had 10 going
>> at a time. It may take 3-4 hours even with a high speed
>> connection.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>
> Or if you use Firefox browser use the browser add-on 'DownThemAll' and
> it will download all of the emd files for you. I set 'DownThemAll' to
> download the files one at a time.
>
> I have gotten the tablebases from the Hyatt site both ways, clicking
> each link manually and another time, after having learned about
> 'DownThemAll' I let it download them for me.
>
> Either way you use to download the files, when finished you should have
> 290 files, totaling some 7.05 gigabytes.
>
>
>
>
> --
> cbseries

Date: 27 Aug 2007 08:58:17
From: John Sheatsley
Subject: Re: Fritz 10 - Tablebases

"keithbc" <[email protected] > wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Please help.
>
> I cannot access the endgame database when playing 4 or 5 piece
> endings.
>
> The manual refers to the tablebase on the CD and advises to 'copy the
> content of the directory \TBS.
>
> I have opened the Fritz CD and cannot find anything with TBS on.
>
> Am I mising something ie the endgame database itself on the CD??
>

The tablebases are not on the DVD.
You can download them from the Hyatt site (among others):

ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/TB/3-4-5/

Regards,
John