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Subject: Re: Mike, How wcrafty in Fritz?

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 11:37:52 02/03/04

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On February 03, 2004 at 14:28:24, Geoff Lane wrote:

>On February 03, 2004 at 13:52:17, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>
>>On February 03, 2004 at 13:24:52, Geoff Lane wrote:
>>
>>>On February 03, 2004 at 13:21:21, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 03, 2004 at 13:19:02, Geoff Lane wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On February 03, 2004 at 11:16:23, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>The implementation of the UCI made engine wcrafty didn't work here. There were
>>>>>>no parameters to tweak and then the whole process was stopped. Did you forget
>>>>>>about the Fritz GUI because I read only about Arena. Or is it just with
>>>>>>winboard? I know that but then I don't have the other good tools in Fritz. Or is
>>>>>>it a question of correct unzip?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Rolf
>>>>>
>>>>>I am not Mike but, unless you have a special version I haven't heard of, wcrafty
>>>>>is not a UCI engine but rather a winboard engine. You can get it to work by
>>>>>using the WB2UCI adaptor but why not download the native version from ChessBase.
>>>>>
>>>>>Geoff
>>>>
>>>>But this is only version 19.08
>>>
>>>Then you might have to use the WB2UCI adaptor
>>>
>>>http://home.online.no/~malin/sjakk/Wb2Uci/
>>
>>
>>Yes, thanks, such files came from Mike already. Problem is however that I cannot
>>start a UCI making process in Fritz8. Is it right when I understood that this
>>wb2 adapter is important to make an engine suitable for Fritz8 out of this
>>wcrafty? Please dont forget that I have no basis for any kind of programming,
>>even batch files surpass by horizon by large quantities.
>>
>>Rolf
>
>No programming skills will be necessary.
>
>Please note: I don't know what files you have or which version of Crafty you
>have.
>
>If you have the wb2uci files in a directory, along with the wcrafty files, then
>your wb2uci.eng file should look something like this:
>
>;----------------------------------------------------------------
>; Crafty 19.10
>; Extensions must be 0 or between 10 and 99
>[ENGINE]
>Name=Crafty 19.10 (wb)
>Author=Robert Hyatt
>Filename=Wb2Uci.exe
>
>[OPTIONS]
>Program=wcrafty-19.10.exe
>InitString=resign 0
>HashCommand=hash %iM
>WhiteScore=true
>OwnBook=true
>;ShowThinkingMove=true
>;Logfile=true
>Visible=Ponder,Hash,OwnBook,Extras,Logfile,ShowThinkingMove,Computer
>
>[EXTRAS]
>Drawscore=draw|spin|0|-100|100
>Tournament mode=mode|check|false|normal|tournament
>Crafty log=log|check|true|off|on
>Learning=learn|spin|7|0|7
>NalimovPath=tbpath|string|./TB
>NalimovCache=cache %iM|spin|1|1|32
>Swindle mode=swindle|check|false|off|on
>King safety=evaluation kscale|spin|100|0|200
>King safety asymmetry=evaluation asymmetry|spin|-40|-100|100
>king safety tropism=evaluation bscale|spin|100|0|200
>Blocked pawn=evaluation bscale|spin|100|0|200
>Pawn structure=evaluation pscale|spin|100|0|200
>Passed pawn=evaluation ppscale|spin|100|0|200
>In check extension=extensions check 0.%i|spin|99|0|99
>One reply extension=extensions onerep 0.%i|spin|75|0|99
>Push passed pawn extension=extensions pushpp 0.%i|spin|75|0|99
>Recapture extension=extension recapture 0.%i|spin|75|0|99
>Mate threat extension=extension mate 0.%i|spin|75|0|99
>Pawn hash (MB)=hashp|spin|1|1|16
>Use book=book|check|true|off|on
>; You could also make some predefined styles and select them with
>;Style=input|combo|strong|strong|aggressive|patzer|etc...
>;----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>If your wb2uci.eng file already refers to the version of crafty you have then I
>would leave well alone for now.
>
>To create the uci engine do the following:
>
>Menu > Engines > Create UCI engine
>
>Browse to the directory where you have the files and make sure you select
>WB2UCI.exe (ie. not wcrafty.exe). If this works, you should now be able to load
>crafty.


I tried exactly that also for fun although I believed that I had to load
wcrafty. Result: Error message! Now the question is what could e the reasons.
Thanks for your extreme patience.

Rolf



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