Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 20:30:59 11/26/00
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On November 26, 2000 at 18:33:12, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >On November 26, 2000 at 16:52:18, Chessfun wrote: > >>On November 26, 2000 at 14:53:59, Christopher A. Morgan wrote: >> >>>I have one choice, the ct engine book. Is there a separate >>>engine book for the Gambit engine?? Thanks. >>> >>>Chris >> >>The book for both Tiger 13.0 and Gambit 1.0 is Ct.tbk (the engine book). >>The book is tuned for Tiger 13.0 at this point Gambit has no separate book. >> >>Sarah. >> >> >> >>> >>> >>>On November 26, 2000 at 12:03:44, Christophe Theron wrote: >>> >>>>On November 26, 2000 at 10:36:34, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >>>> >>>>>Received Tiger past Wednesday as promised by Steve. Well Packaged to get to >>>>>Calif. >>>>>Installed Tiger 13 without deleting Tiger 12. Bad Result. I looked for new >>>>>Tiger13 icon. none. I clicked on T12 icon and there I found the two Tigers, >>>>>_but_ same ole T12 GUI. >>>>>I read posts by Sarah responding to a thread describing some GUI features that I >>>>>did not have. >>>>>Further I played some fast blitz games on yahoo 5 min and was getting results >>>>>against fritzy6 that was not good, And I was dissapointed in the same ole GUI of >>>>>T12. >>>>> >>>>>I decided to try a long shot. I deleted F6 and T13 and reinstalled T13, Walla, >>>>>here come the Tiger Roaring just like Sarah said. Brand new GUI, I love it, >>>>>better than Fritzy except for _no_ space bar to force move, which is a >>>>>outstanding feature in fritzy for fast program switching. >>>>> >>>>>Back to Yahoo, I am getting Fangtastic results with 13 on yahoo at a game time >>>>>control of game in 2 min, inc 4. >>>>> >>>>>I do not know why except prob. wrong book originally, or some other installation >>>>>conflict or just plain ole statistics but I do not think that is the case Cause >>>>>the re-installed T13 is awesome, period. >>>>> >>>>>I Thank Christophe for his efforts. >>>>>I have never in the years of participating at CCC talked about another program >>>>>in these terms not even Fritzy. But T13 is something else. >>>>> >>>>>bye 4 now >>>>> >>>>>Wayne >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Thanks Wayne. >>>> >>>>There are 2 things I can tell you: >>>> >>>>1) you can force the program to play by pressing Ctrl-O (Ctrl and the letter O). >>>>This shortcut is displayed when you move the mouse on the "move now" icon and >>>>leave it there for one second. There are shortcuts available for many other >>>>icons. >>>> >>>>2) Don't forget to go to Extra->Options->Books and click on "Use engine books". >>>>I know it has been said already, but it's just in case you or somebody else >>>>missed it... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Christophe > >Follow up: Thank you Christophe for your explanation via e-mail. Your are right >of course. I have played roughly a dozen games now with the real Tiger13 on >Yahoo against all comers and the Cat has lost only one game. Other players are >asking me what program and where to buy it and I am proud to tell them. Wow what >a difference between T12 & T13. I have not tried GT1 yet, but will. > >A word of advise to others who like me had Tiger12 installed and running. You >need to de-install Tiger12 prior to installing Tiger13. >There are conflicts and engine T12 is running even tho apparently is says >Tiger13. > >Word to the wise etc. > >Thank you >Wayne ----------------- Hi Wayne, Can you auto play Tiger on Yahoo like you can on FICS and Chessnet? Regards,Terry
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