Installing 6-men syzygy

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Doutzen
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Installing 6-men syzygy

Post by Doutzen » Wed Dec 25, 2013 4:52 pm

Hi at all, i'm new here.

I would like to know how to install the 6man syzygy. Because i see that there are two folders " Syzygy 6men DTZ" and "Syzygy 6men WDL ".
For the 3-4-5 man is simple, there is one folder and in Hodini4 you simply choose that folder. But with 6Men?
Thanks in advance.

Luigi335
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Re: Installing 6-men syzygy

Post by Luigi335 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 11:02 am

My solution to the problem was to put all the files relating to 3, 4, 5 and 6 man in a single folder.

But I think we can do better. :idea:

Some friends have added the different folders in the same link. For example:

"D:\Base\Syzygy 345"; "D:\Base\Syzygy dtz"; "D:\Base\Syzygy wld"

;)

Doutzen
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Re: Installing 6-men syzygy

Post by Doutzen » Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:42 pm

Some friends have added the different folders in the same link. For example:
"D:\Base\Syzygy 345"; "D:\Base\Syzygy dtz"; "D:\Base\Syzygy wld"
Hi Luigi, i do not understand. In this way we have 3 path :o

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Re: Installing 6-men syzygy

Post by Luigi335 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 1:15 pm

Personally I have not experienced this alternative (as I have said, instead, I threw it all in the same folder), but from what I understand, you should copy all three path in the same row, being careful to properly use quotation marks (") and semicolon (;), as in the example I mentioned earlier.

I hope this will work, otherwise go ahead as I did ... :)

Doutzen
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Re: Installing 6-men syzygy

Post by Doutzen » Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:18 pm

Ah sorry, now all is clear .
Great. I think that i'll to put all files in one folders...3-4-5 plus 6.
Last question, with a normal hard-disk does 6men work fine like the 3-4-5?
Thanks again.

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Re: Installing 6-men syzygy

Post by Luigi335 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:15 pm

For an optimal use of tablebase we would need a Solid State Device.

With a common Hard Disk, 6man tablebase excessively slowdown an engine when there are a dozen pieces or less on the board.

But fortunately Houdini and now also the latest development versions of Stockfish have a command, "ProbeDepth" which, properly regulated, can reduce the access to the tablebases, with an almost imperceptible loss of speed and depth of analysis...

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