Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 02:18:45 03/01/06
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On February 28, 2006 at 22:04:54, William Penn wrote: >I've always used infinite mode for analysis. I've never used any other time >control. And when it comes to books, I just look at their data in the window >pane and make my best judgement, all things considered. > >Now enters a book where I would like to know which move it would play >automatically (the new Rybka book) and I feel lost. I've never tried to >determine that before. Infinite mode won't work for this. > >I set up everything per instructions in the readme file, but still I don't see >how to get it to make the book move so I can see it. Of course I'm using the >Chessbase/Fritz GUI (from Shredder 8). The best notion I have come up with is to >set the time control for a "fixed time". > >So I load a correspondence game in progress that's still in the opening phase >and try to determine what move the Rybka book would play here. I presume that >when it starts thinking, it will play book moves immediately, which is how I can >determine that it's a book move. > >But how do I get the engine to start thinking in "fixed time" mode for a >particular position? Or maybe there's a better way to do this? > >I know you're gonna say to read the % column and look at the color of the moves >(green or red). OK, but that's not the same as seeing the move made on the >chessboard. I want to see it in action! :) > >Also, I came across one instance where I'm puzzled. There were only 2 sample >games for the move that was played versus many sample games for the alternate, >both green colored moves, but it played the former. I thought at least 3 sample >games was necessary for it to play a book move?! >WP To instruct the GUI to play a book move in infinite analysis mode, make sure the position is on the board, and press the space bar. Note that the move played is not always deterministic. The right-most column in the book pane gives you the % chance that each move will be played. Vas
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