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Subject: Re: Rebel 12 in Fritz 8

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 04:02:53 09/30/03

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On September 30, 2003 at 00:14:29, David Dahlem wrote:

>On September 29, 2003 at 20:57:17, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On September 29, 2003 at 20:54:54, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>On September 29, 2003 at 20:10:01, David Dahlem wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 29, 2003 at 19:50:41, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>History -
>>>>>
>>>>>Lots of problems yesterday , ended up losing CT 15 etc , etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>Actions taken today -
>>>>>
>>>>>Removed Rebel 12 installation
>>>>>Removed Chess Tiger 15 installations , curiously I had to that 3 times?
>>>>>
>>>>>Installed Chess Tiger 15
>>>>>Installed Rebel 12
>>>>>
>>>>>Chess Tiger 15 now works, Rebel 12 works ..the only negative was that I lost
>>>>>Chess Tiger 14 in this process:
>>>>>
>>>>>a) I'm not that worried about it
>>>>>b) I believe there is a fix to get that going, but I will worry about it later/
>>>>>
>>>>>Rmoved Rebel12.uci and re-istalled Rebel 12 by pointing straight to the Rebel
>>>>>engine folder :
>>>>>
>>>>>D:\Program Files\Lokasoft\ChessPartner5.2\engines\Rebel12
>>>>>
>>>>>- at the suggestion of someone, I point the wb2uci.eng straight to the folder
>>>>>containing the rebeluci.exe.
>>>>>
>>>>>I changed the "TerminateHard = false" to "TerminateHard = true" although the
>>>>>readme only says WINxp and the wb2uci.eng says " "In WIN XP or Win NT
>>>>>TerminateHard = true" - somebody on CCC said "Win XP= WIN NT - WIN2K" which why
>>>>>I asked the question in the first place - if I'm wrong, somebodyy please tell
>>>>>me.
>>>>>
>>>>>I changed the "Logfile = false" to "Logfile = true".
>>>>>
>>>>>here is the complete wb2uci.eng:
>>>>>
>>>>>============================================================================
>>>>>[ENGINE]
>>>>>Name = Rebel 12
>>>>>Author = Ed Schroeder
>>>>>Filename = RebelUci.exe
>>>>>
>>>>>[OPTIONS]
>>>>>Program = D:\Program
>>>>>Files\Lokasoft\ChessPartner5.2\engines\Rebel12\Rebel12_CB.exe w6 rebel.eng
>>>>>LevelExtend = none
>>>>>Analyze = false
>>>>>UseUndo = false
>>>>>Logfile = true
>>>>>LevelType = 2
>>>>>SimulateHint = true
>>>>>TerminateHard = true
>>>>>; In WIN XP or Win NT  TerminateHard = true
>>>>>Protocol = 1
>>>>>Visible = Ponder,Logfile,Extras
>>>>>
>>>>>[EXTRAS]
>>>>>AntiGM=setvar antigm|spin|0|0|3
>>>>>Playingstyle=setvar playstyle|spin|2|0|4
>>>>>Strength=setvar playstrength|spin|2|0|2
>>>>>Personality=setvar personality
>>>>>personal\%s.eng|combo|Rebel|Rebel|Rebel1|Rebel2|Rebel3|Rebel4
>>>>>
>>>>>==============================================================================
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>ok ...
>>>>>
>>>>>I start the game and here is the log file:
>>>>>
>>>>>=============================================================================
>>>>>
>>>>>0.000: ** Adapter: Wb2Uci 1.3B10
>>>>>0.031: C> uci
>>>>>0.031: C< id name Rebel 12
>>>>>0.031: C< id author Ed Schroeder
>>>>>0.031: C< option name AntiGM type spin default 0 min 0 max 3
>>>>>0.031: C< option name Playingstyle type spin default 2 min 0 max 4
>>>>>0.031: C< option name Strength type spin default 2 min 0 max 2
>>>>>0.031: C< option name Personality type combo default Rebel var Rebel var Rebel1
>>>>>var Rebel2 var Rebel3 var Rebel4
>>>>>0.031: C< option name Ponder type check default true
>>>>>0.031: C< option name Logfile type check default true
>>>>>0.031: C< uciok
>>>>>0.078: C> setoption name Hash value 1
>>>>>0.078: C> setoption name Ponder value false
>>>>>0.078: C> isready
>>>>>0.078: S- Starting server: D:\Program
>>>>>Files\Lokasoft\ChessPartner5.2\engines\Rebel12\Rebel12_CB.exe w6 rebel.eng
>>>>>0.109: S> License check okay.
>>>>>0.109: S> info:misc:
>>>>>0.109: S> info:misc:Rebel 12
>>>>>0.109: S> info:misc:Version 12.00.00 (October 2003)
>>>>>0.109: S> info:misc:Copyright ©2003, by Ed Schröder, The Netherlands
>>>>>0.109: S> info:misc:http://members.home.nl/matador/index.htm
>>>>>0.109: S> info:misc:matador@home.nl
>>>>>0.109: S> info:misc:
>>>>>0.109: S> W e l c o m e   t o   R E B E L  12.0
>>>>>1.625: S> info:misc:CPU Speed  : 1721 Mhz
>>>>>1.625: S> info:misc:
>>>>>2.078: S< xboard
>>>>>2.078: S< new
>>>>>2.078: S< setlevel 5 300 0
>>>>>2.078: S< post
>>>>>2.078: S< hard
>>>>>easy
>>>>>2.078: S- Thread priority set to below normal
>>>>>2.078: C< readyok
>>>>>27.844: C> position startpos moves e2e4 e7e5 g1f3 g8f6 f3e5 d7d6 e5f7 e8f7 d2d4
>>>>>g7g6 f1c4 f7g7 e1g1
>>>>>27.844: C> go btime 300000 wtime 291000
>>>>>27.844: C< info depth 1 score 1
>>>>>27.844: S< force
>>>>>27.844: S< new
>>>>>27.844: S< post
>>>>>27.844: S< hard
>>>>>easy
>>>>>27.844: S< force
>>>>>27.844: S< setlevel 5 300 0
>>>>>27.844: S< force
>>>>>27.844: S< e2e4
>>>>>27.844: S< e7e5
>>>>>27.844: S< g1f3
>>>>>27.844: S< g8f6
>>>>>27.844: S< f3e5
>>>>>27.844: S< d7d6
>>>>>27.844: S< e5f7
>>>>>27.844: S< e8f7
>>>>>27.844: S< d2d4
>>>>>27.844: S< g7g6
>>>>>27.844: S< f1c4
>>>>>27.844: S< f7g7
>>>>>27.844: S< e1g1
>>>>>27.844: S< time 30000
>>>>>27.844: S< otim 29100
>>>>>27.844: S< black
>>>>>27.844: S< go
>>>>>55.312: C> stop
>>>>>55.312: S< ?
>>>>>65.562: C< bestmove d6d5
>>>>>68.125: S< quit
>>>>>======================================================================
>>>>>
>>>>>I never see the move d6d5 played on Fritz 8, the last move I see is e1g1 played
>>>>>by me.  Here we go out of book and Rebel 12 never makes a move on the screen.
>>>>>Inth engine window, all I see is "depth =1"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>That's it -
>>>>>
>>>>>Note - if Copy my Rebel Pre- Release engine over and rename it to
>>>>>"Rebel12_CB.exe"  it WORKS so there is clearly something different between Rebel
>>>>>12 and Rebel 12 pre-release.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for any help offered.
>>>>>
>>>>>Best,
>>>>>
>>>>>Michael
>>>>
>>>>Hi Mike
>>>>
>>>>One thing you could try to test whether it's your UCI setup, is to install
>>>>Rebel12_CB.exe as a winboard engine with the wb-cb adapter. If it works, then
>>>>something must be wrong with your uci setup. It works for me as a wb engine in
>>>>the Hiarcs 7.32 gui.
>>>>
>>>>Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>I able to import the pre-release engine into Arena and it works, not Rebel 12 Cb
>>>engine.   Just for sanity check - what is the date stamp of your rebel12_cd.exe
>>>and byte size?  Mine is August 31st, 10:23:40AM with 520,220 bytes.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Mike
>>
>>Also, the pre-release worked both as winboard engine and uci engine using the
>>rebeluci adapter - in the exact same folder as the Rebel12 engine - everything
>>is the same except using the pre-release engine and the rebel12_cb.exe.
>
>It's not clear to me from this whether you have tried Rebel12_CB as a winboard
>engine? If so, and it worked, then your problem is with your uci setup.
>
>Dave

No, it does not work as a winboard engine outside of CP GUi.



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