Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:32:09 03/21/01
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On March 21, 2001 at 19:03:55, Christophe Theron wrote: >On March 21, 2001 at 18:14:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On March 21, 2001 at 17:30:44, Andrew Dados wrote: >> >>>On March 21, 2001 at 17:00:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On March 21, 2001 at 16:21:59, Peter Berger wrote: >>>> >>>>>On March 21, 2001 at 15:58:38, Slater Wold wrote: >>>>>>Now. Something has gone wrong, either with Fritz reading the TB's, or the TB's >>>>>>themselves. Had Fritz just simply advanced the pawn, promoting it, then it was >>>>>>a simple win most 1500 player could handle. But for some reason, it wanted to >>>>>>chase the king around! The first thing I did, was do a scandisk and check for >>>>>>any corrupted TB files. There are none. Then I compared my 5 piece TB size to >>>>>>Hyatts on his server. They are both the same. So I would venture to say, >>>>>>either Fritz had a problem reading it, or the KRPKR file is corrupt. (However I >>>>>>think Hyatt would have caught it by now.) I have had several positions, where I >>>>>>look @ the board, and say, "I COULD MATE THIS!" and Fritz draws. WHY? I was >>>>>>just curious if anyone else had the problem, and if anyone knew what the problem >>>>>>was. >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks, >>>>>>Slate >>>>>> >>>>>>Also, if you look from #43 to #17 (the second one) the depth is always 1. >>>>>>However, then it starts seeing depth 5! With TB's (usually) it documents 1 ply >>>>>>only!! >>>>> >>>>>This definitely would be a good one for a CCC FAQ . This happens if you have >>>>>KRPKR on your harddisk ( which comes with the Fritz CD ) but not the subsets >>>>>KRQKR , KRBKR et al . >>>>> >>>>>The problem is program knows KRPKR with the pawn on b7 is mate in 17 or so ; it >>>>>also knows promoting the pawn it will be worse than that ( as it can't find this >>>>>in a TB anymore ) . So this can be healed if you download the missing ones ( if >>>>>you have enough space on your harddisk ) . >>>> >>>> >>>>Or if Frans would just fix the program. :) >>> >>>He, he... I remember when you resisted to do so for quite a while.. :) >> >> >>Yep... Users are generally an unreasonable lot. :) They complain when the >>screwdriver handle breaks when it is being used as a hammer. They complain >>when the hammer rips the head off of a screw when it is being used as a >>screwdriver. >> >>With today's disk prices, I can not think of a single reason not to simply use >>all the 3-4-5 piece files. But some insist. :) > > >Try to install these TB files on a handheld. :) > > > Christophe I don't see why it can't be done. My 20 gig drive in my notebook is not much larger than a usual PCMCIA card. That would fit into a hand-held quite easily if the demand was there...
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