Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 03:36:13 11/19/00
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On November 18, 2000 at 17:17:48, Bob Bachman wrote: >On November 18, 2000 at 08:12:14, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On November 18, 2000 at 07:21:51, John wrote: >> >>>Can anyone explain at an elemantary level how to load winboard engines into >>>Fritz6? What is an ini file? Do I need a winboard engine to load other >>>engines? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also what sites are out there >>>that supply these winboard compatable engines? >>> >>>Thanks in advance for your help. >> >>Explaining how to use WinBoard engines with Fritz on an elementary level isn't >>particularly easy, but I'll make an attempt. First of all you need a couple of >>thing to make installation possible. They are: >> >>- The adapter WinBoard.eng (http://161.58.237.201/download/winboard.zip) >> >>- .init files >>(http://amateurschach.in-trier.de/gambit/download/cbase_config.zip) >> >>- A WinBoard program :o). >> >>I'll try to explain installation by example. Let's say we want to install AnMon >>under Fritz, so we download AnMon 5.09 at >>http://amateurschach.in-trier.de/schach/download/download_top.htm. >> >>The procedure is as follows: >> >>1) Rename WinBoard.eng to AnMon.eng and copy it to the Fritz engines directory. >> >>2) Create an empty folder called AnMon in the same directory. >> >>3) Place AnMon.exe (rename the file if you have to), AnMon.init and AnMon.ini in >>this folder. You might want to download an AnMon book (AnMon.boo) and place it >>in the folder as well. Don't rename the book. >> >>The configuration files: >> >>The AnMon.init file should look like this (use Notepad for editing): >> >>[Parameter] >>CommandLine = xboard >>Engine = AnMon 5.09 >>Author = Christian Barreteau, France >>Debug = False >> >>[Support] >>AnalyzeMode = False >>PonderMode = False >>CastleAndEP = False >> >>The AnMon.ini should be edited according to your system. Mine looks like this: >> >>SIZE_HT = 32 >>PATH_TB = "c:\Tb" >>DRAW_VALUE = 0 >>ENABLE_RESIGN = TRUE >>ENABLE_BOOK = TRUE >>LOG = FALSE >> >>This procedure must be applied to every single engine you choose to install. So >>the general concept for installing an engine called X is as follows: >> >>1) Rename WinBoard.eng to X.eng and copy it to the engines directory. >> >>2) Create a folder called X containing X.exe, X.init and other necessary files >>associated with X, eg. configuration files and opening books. >> >>Further questions are welcome. I think I'll try to write a page on this subject >>for my website. >> >>Regards, >>Mogens > >I tried loading 5 winboard engines into Fritz 6 (Oct 5 20000 version, the >update that comes with Chessbase 8). The apprach you gave worked for > >LG2000v2 >Anmom >Yace > >It failed for me on SoS and Phalanx. Let me talk only about SoS in this post. >In the SoS subdirectory of the Engines folder I ended up with the files: > >SoS.bk >SoS.exe >SoS.init > >There is no SoS.ini > >The SoS.init file was edited by me to reflect where my tablebases are and reads: > >[Parameter] >CommandLine = "c:\Program Files\ChessBase\TBS" >Engine = SOS >Author = Rudolf Huber, Germany >Debug = False > >[Support] >AnalyzeMode = False >PonderMode = False >CastleAndEP = False > > >[Projekt Phase X ] > >[Gambit-Soft and Frank Quisinsky ] >[http://www.in-trier.de/~quisinsky/gambit/gambit.htm ] > >[Trier, Germany, 14.12.1999 ] > > >[config file : no ] >[test version : Version vom 03.11.99 ] >[test date : ] >[book ? : ] >[problems : ] > >When I load the SoS engine within Fritz 6 I get the message: >"One of the library files needed to run this application >cannot be found." > >Then >"Engine could not load." > >Any thoughts? > >Bob Hi Bob, for months I edit for all WinBoard Engines configurations files for different GUIs (Phase X project). Not all "WinBoard Engines" running under commercial GUIs. SOS, Francesca, Averno, LambChop are not running with Chess-Base GUIs. I think important are the parameters from the WinBoard Engines. So I make at the moment only configrations files for WinBoard. You can see in the WinBoard.ini all important parameters and the configurations for the commercial engines are always the same. For the commercial GUIs are only important the parameter and the configuration files from the "WinBoard Engine" ! You can find the config2.zip in my News Ticker or in my Download pages (Download Page Q). Best Frank To many work for 10 or more commercial GUIs to make configuration files for over 70 WinBoard Engines. I must check and edit 700 configurations files :-) I think the information in Phase X, the detail pages, overview pages and the config2.zip file is enough.
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