Nalimov egtb probing code

[Fabio Gobbato]

Thank you so much.
Ok, there are some open source engine with Nalimov probe in it. Now the problem is how to get the permission from Eugene Nalimov? Is there a way to contact him?

[Joost Buijs]

Thank you so much.
Ok, there are some open source engine with Nalimov probe in it. Now the problem is how to get the permission from Eugene Nalimov? Is there a way to contact him?

Eugene Nalimov moved from Microsoft to Context Relevant, I will pm you his current e-mail address.

[Joost Buijs]

Nalimov probing code is not compatible with the GPL, so Stockfish or Stockfish derivatives can NEVER get permission to use it. For Gaviota EGT you don't have that problem.

If there were 6 men Gaviota EGTB available it would be a good alternative.

I never looked at the Gaviota EGTB code, but I assume that it should not be too difficult to modify it in such a way that it can generate and probe 6 men as well.
The biggest problem is that it will take a lot of computing resources to generate the database.

[syzygy]

I never looked at the Gaviota EGTB code, but I assume that it should not be too difficult to modify it in such a way that it can generate and probe 6 men as well.

You will first have to decompile the Gaviota binary

[Modern Times]

I never looked at the Gaviota EGTB code, but I assume that it should not be too difficult to modify it in such a way that it can generate and probe 6 men as well.

You will first have to decompile the Gaviota binary

Really ? Gaviota is not the only engine that uses Gaviota tablebases.

[syzygy]

I never looked at the Gaviota EGTB code, but I assume that it should not be too difficult to modify it in such a way that it can generate and probe 6 men as well.

You will first have to decompile the Gaviota binary

Really ? Gaviota is not the only engine that uses Gaviota tablebases.

Really. Gaviota is the only engine that includes the Gaviota TB generator.

[Nordlandia]

How long will it take to generate 6-Men Gaviota with "High-End" desktop hardware 2016.

Gaviota is 10% less in space than Nalimov.

[syzygy]

How long will it take to generate 6-Men Gaviota with "High-End" desktop hardware 2016.

Gaviota is 10% less in space than Nalimov.

I'm reasonable sure that Gaviota is unable to generate 6-men TBs, so it will take forever.

Of course things would change if Miguel released a version that can generate 6-men TBs. Or if you or someone else decompiled and improved Gaviota (but you would still need permission from Miguel to do that legally).

[jdart]

I have a somewhat fixed version here:

http://arasanchess.org/downld.shtml.

(Fixes warnings and C++11 compatibility issues).

--Jon