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Subject: Re: Chessbase adapter

Author: Eric Trudel

Date: 15:39:58 06/07/00

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On June 07, 2000 at 16:00:38, Kolss wrote:

>Hi Eric,
>
>Which books were used? This is an important issue. You may have tested book A
>against book B, if the winboard version played with crafty's book and the native
>engine with general-book or junior-book or whatever.
>
>Besides that, I think that most or all engines lose a little using the winboard
>adapter. It may be insignificant for some programs, e.g. LGoliath has been
>optimised for the adapter, I believe. For other programs, the winboard adapter
>is a major handicap, e.g. for our program Ikarus (one of the so-called "young
>talents"), whose entire time management gets mixed up and more. So for us, the
>native interface is a definite win when it comes to playing under the
>ChessbaseGUI.
>
>Regards, Munjong.

Hi Munjong,
I used the same opening book for both engines, Fritz 6 book.
I have Ikarus it's a very good chess engine. Just how "young" is Ikarus? Has it
been around for a while? You are right that some engines are less infulenced by
the adapter, I guess it depends on the engine itself.
Thanks,




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