Answers.Body: <p>This link is for 3+4+5: <a href="https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=10530043" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=10530043</a>.<br />
  As for 6 or 7, I'll try to find them later.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The Internet Archive has torrents for the Syzygy (and other) tablebases</p>
  <p><a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22tablebases%22" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22tablebases%22</a></p>
  <p>The file view gets a little confusing due to being classified as audio, but you will find the torrent files among them.<br />
  <a href="https://archive.org/download/Syzygy6WDL/Syzygy%206men%20WDL.torrent" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Syzygy 6-man WDL torrent</a><br />
  <a href="https://archive.org/download/Syzygy6DTZ/Syzygy%206men%20DTZ.torrent" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Syzygy 6-man DTZ torrent</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I found out wget supports mirror site listings, so I used</p>
  <pre><code>wget --mirror --no-parent --no-directories -e robots=off http://tablebase.sesse.net/syzygy/3-4-5/
  </code></pre>
  <p>It might take a few tries to download all files since occasionally 403 Forbidden is returned (maybe should wait between requests). Then run <code>md5sum --check checksum.md5</code> to ensure everything is all downloaded. Still I think a torrent is a more robust way to download huge files.</p>
  
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Body: <p>How can I download Syzygy tablebases (5-man or 6-man) as quickly as possible without clicking hundreds of links at a mirror? Is there a verified torrent available that will probably download faster and use less resources than a mirror?</p>
  
Tags: <tablebases><download-games>
Title: How can I download Syzygy tablebases efficiently?
ThreadText: # How can I download Syzygy tablebases efficiently?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-19)
  
  How can I download Syzygy tablebases (5-man or 6-man) as quickly as possible without clicking hundreds of links at a mirror? Is there a verified torrent available that will probably download faster and use less resources than a mirror?
  
  **Tags:** tablebases, download-games
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2022-09-19. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
  
  I found out wget supports mirror site listings, so I used
  wget --mirror --no-parent --no-directories -e robots=off http://tablebase.sesse.net/syzygy/3-4-5/
  
  It might take a few tries to download all files since occasionally 403 Forbidden is returned (maybe should wait between requests). Then run md5sum --check checksum.md5 to ensure everything is all downloaded. Still I think a torrent is a more robust way to download huge files.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2022-09-19. Score: 3
  
  This link is for 3+4+5: <https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=10530043>.  
  As for 6 or 7, I'll try to find them later.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I usually use TPB for "other purposes" but I'll take a look  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2022-09-20. Score: 2
  
  The Internet Archive has torrents for the Syzygy (and other) tablebases
  
  <https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22tablebases%22>
  
  The file view gets a little confusing due to being classified as audio, but you will find the torrent files among them.  
  [Syzygy 6-man WDL torrent](https://archive.org/download/Syzygy6WDL/Syzygy%206men%20WDL.torrent)  
  [Syzygy 6-man DTZ torrent](https://archive.org/download/Syzygy6DTZ/Syzygy%206men%20DTZ.torrent)
  
  
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