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NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator.
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Robert Flesher



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PostPost subject: Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator.    Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:42 pm Reply to topic Reply with quote
Ajedrecista wrote:
Hello:

I was browsing in CCRL Endgame Tablebases Forum, when I read this topic:

7 8 or more pieces tablebase generator

According to the author (Pedro Pérez Moreno), this tool (which reminds me to Freezer) was developped in the last four years. It can be downloaded for free from this URL:

http://www.mtu-media.com/finalgen

The web is well documented with a tutorial and some examples. The downloaded file is an installer, and once installed, FinalGen is translated into English, French and Spanish.

IMPORTANT:

Quote:
However, you cannot give the castling status.

Remark: Tablebases assume that castling is not possible for two reasons:
First, in practical endgames, this assumption is almost always correct. However, castling is allowed by convention in composed problems and studies.

Second, if the king and rook are on their original squares, castling may or may not be allowed. Because of this ambiguity, it would be necessary to make separate evaluations for states in which castling is or is not possible.

The same ambiguity exists for the en passant capture, since the possibility of en passant depends on the opponent's previous move. However, practical applications of en passant occur frequently in pawn endgames, so tablebases account for the possibility of en passant for positions where both sides have at least one pawn.


This new tool seems interesting to me, although good hardware and nice amounts of time are required. I will not use it, but I post this release here because I know that some people will find it useful.

@Moderation team: I do not know if this is the best subforum for this thread. Please feel free of move it if necessary.

As a side note: the name of the tool may be overlooked for a non-Spanish speaker: Final means End; applied to chess, Final means Endgame. Gen are the first letters of Generador ('Generator' in English). So, FinalGen can be translated as Endgame Generator. Enjoy this new endgame tablebase generator!

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.


Thank-you very much. This software is amazing!
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NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Jesús Muñoz Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:23 pm
      Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Louis Zulli Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:29 pm
            Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Arpad Rusz Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:25 pm
                  Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Ignacio Garcia Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:43 pm
                  Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Jouni Uski Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:15 am
                        Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Michael Diosi Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:40 am
                              Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Ignacio Santos Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:32 pm
                                    Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Michael Diosi Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:32 pm
                                    Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. enrico fagiuoli Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:49 pm
                                    Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Mark Pearce Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:06 pm
                                    Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Terry McCracken Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:10 pm
                                    Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Ignacio Santos Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:40 pm
                                          Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Franz Huber Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:29 pm
                        Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Ignacio Garcia Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:56 pm
                              Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Andres Valverde Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:58 pm
                              Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Franz Huber Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:11 pm
                                    Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Eelco de Groot Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:54 pm
                                    Re: Wilhelm 1.50 by Mr. Rafael B. Andrist Ruxy Sylwyka Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:55 pm
                                          Re: Some infos Ruxy Sylwyka Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:06 pm
                                          Re: Wilhelm 1.50 by Mr. Rafael B. Andrist fernando Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:05 pm
                                                Re: THANK YOU GENERALISSIMO !!! Ruxy Sylwyka Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:09 pm
                                          Re:The readme .pdf of Wilhelm 1.50 in English ! Ruxy Sylwyka Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:57 pm
                                    Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Ignacio Garcia Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:16 am
                                          Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Arpad Rusz Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:40 am
                                                Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Robert Flesher Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:47 pm
                                                      Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Arpad Rusz Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:41 pm
                                                            Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Robert Flesher Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:48 pm
      Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Robert Flesher Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:42 pm
            Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Jouni Uski Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:40 pm
                  Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Jouni Uski Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:08 pm
                        Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Jouni Uski Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:48 pm
      NEWS: FinalGen has been reuploaded! Jesús Muñoz Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:21 pm
            Hi Pedro Perez Romero Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:48 am
                  Re: Hi duncan roberts Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:45 pm
                        Re: Hi duncan roberts Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:01 pm
                        Re: Hi Pedro Perez Romero Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:56 am
                  Re: Hi Ignacio Garcia Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:52 pm
                        Re: Hi Pedro Perez Romero Fri May 18, 2012 9:43 pm
            Re: NEWS: FinalGen has been reuploaded! Pedro Perez Romero Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:11 am
                  Re: NEWS: FinalGen has been reuploaded! Uri Blass Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:09 am
                        Re: NEWS: FinalGen has been reuploaded! Pedro Perez Romero Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:38 am
                              Re: NEWS: FinalGen has been reuploaded! Arpad Rusz Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:15 pm
                                    Re: NEWS: FinalGen has been reuploaded! Pedro Perez Romero Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:10 am
                                          Re: NEWS: FinalGen has been reuploaded! Arpad Rusz Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:04 pm
      Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Joshua Shriver Sun May 06, 2012 4:29 am
            Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Pedro Perez Romero Fri May 18, 2012 9:50 pm
                  Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Michel Van den Bergh Sat May 19, 2012 6:15 am
                        Re: NEWS: FinalGen chess endgame tablebase generator. Jouni Uski Mon May 21, 2012 3:28 pm
      Re: FinalGen 1.3 is out! Jesús Muñoz Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:02 am
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