File Menu – Options – Tablebases

 

 

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A major feature is the support of the new 6-men Syzygy table bases. The program has been extensively tuned for this state-of-the-art end game table base system and will provide optimum precision and strength in the late endgame at any time control and with any number of cores. While we strongly recommend using the 6-men Syzygy tables, Houdini 4 continues to support Nalimov and Gaviota table bases.

 

Accessing the endgame databases (Nalimov tablebases) from a hard disk is much faster than from the CD. It is advisable to install them onto your hard disk, if you have enough space.

 

Create a directory (e.g., e:\cbdata\tbs) on your hard disk and copy the content of the directory \TBS from the program CD into the new directory. Then set the path in the "Options" dialog box:

 

Note that you can put the tablebase files into different directories, partitions or even different hard disks on your computer. Use the "Browse" button to locate the directories.

 

The cache memory is used to speed up access to the tablebases during a game. A value between one and eight MB is advisable.