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Subject: Re: Chessbase Tiger engines in Fritz6 GUI

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 14:59:50 04/30/01

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On April 30, 2001 at 17:00:11, Chris King wrote:

>On April 30, 2001 at 16:27:45, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>On April 30, 2001 at 13:51:05, Chris King wrote:
>>
>>>On April 30, 2001 at 13:17:20, David Dahlem wrote:
>>>
>>>>I just received and installed the new Chessbase Tiger 14.0. But when i try to
>>>>use Chess Tiger and Gambit Tiger engine in any Chessbase GUi, such as Fritz6,
>>>>Hiarcs 7.32, or Junior6 interface, it asks for the Tiger CD but says it is the
>>>>wrong CD. Any idea on how to fix this frustrating problem?
>>>>
>>>>Dave
>>>
>>>This works for me :-
>>>
>>>Use a text editor to open the f6.ini file in c:\Program Files\ChessBase\Fritz6.
>>>Replace the following line :-
>>>ChessEngine=c:\Program Files\CHESSBASE\Engines\Fritz 6.eng
>>>With this one :-
>>>ChessEngine=c:\Program Files\CHESSBASE\Engines\Tiger.eng
>>>
>>>I know this isn't very convenient but perhaps ChessBase may provide a permanent
>>>fix for this problem.
>>>
>>>Chris
>>
>>Thanks Chris. But this is less than satisfactory, since it would require editing
>>the ini file after a engine change. Also there would be no way to match Chess
>>Tiger against Gambit Tiger. And when i try to do infinite analysis with Chess
>>Tiger, it still asks for the cd.
>>
>>Dave
>
>
>
>Are you sure it requests the cd when you run an engine match or engine
>tournament between Chess Tiger and Gambit Tiger - it doesn't on my computer.
>
>Regards
>Chris

Yes, you are correct about that. But when i switch to another engine, like Fritz
or Nimzo, the ini file gets overwritten and i have to edit it again. And like i
say, when trying to do infinite analysis, it asks for the cd but will not
recognize it.

Dave



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