Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 14:49:48 09/17/01
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On September 17, 2001 at 11:57:19, pavel wrote: >On September 17, 2001 at 11:09:59, John Merlino wrote: > >>On September 17, 2001 at 03:16:06, pavel wrote: >> >>>Today I bought chessmaster 8000, this is my first chessmaster version after >>>4000b. >>> >>>I just installed it and started a tourny already. >>> >>>few problems, >>> >>>1) chessmaster doesnt seem to read pgn files? >>>2) you cant make chessmaster analyze position on unlimited time, you have to >>>give a fixed time. >>>3) xboard personality cant play rated games? >>>4) cant resize chess boards (very sad). >>>5) so far all the winboard engines that I have tried works with chessmaster >>>other than crafty, dunno whats wrong (probabl my fault). >>> >>>I havent tried the patches yet, so dont know yet how many problems will be >>>solved with the patches. >>> >>>questions. >>> >>>1) The king engine under winboard crippled to 2-3 depths, is it possible to >>>resolve this problem? http://home1.stofanet.dk/moq/CB.htm >>> >>>2) Is the winboard adapter of chessmaster as reliable as winboard as far as the >>>performance of the engines are concerned, or is it crippled like running >>>winboard engines under fritz6? >>> >>> >>>thanks for any help, >>>more questions will be coming up soon. ;) >>> >>> >>>pavs >> >>The first thing to do is to DEFINITELY get the patch. Not only does it fix MANY >>bugs, but it also adds/enhances a few features. THIS IS IMPERATIVE! >> >>To answer your problems: >> >>1) CM reads PGN files just fine, AFAIK. >>2) If you want to analyze for an indefinite time, just set the time control to >>Infinite, set both players to be human players, and check the "Chessmaster" >>checkbox in the "Thinking Lines" window. This will allow you to see in-game >>analysis on any position you want in the game for as long as you want to leave >>it there. >>3) Correct. There is no way for CM to know the rating of a Winboard engine. >>However, this ability is going to be added in the next version of Chessmaster. >>4) The only board that is resizeable (sp?) is the "Custom Board". All other >>boards are of fixed size. >>5) I would estimate that at least 90% of Winboard engines currently available >>will (at a minimum) play chess properly in the CM GUI. Of course, many of them >>will not support some of the more esoteric features of the program. Be sure to >>read the CM8000 FAQ that is also on the website. You can get to it by going to >>www.chessmaster.com/faqs8000.html. >> >>To answer your questions: >> >>1) This "problem" has been solved. But, to be honest, I can't remember where the >>(somewhat complicated) directions can be found. Somebody else here will know, >>though. >> >>2) The performance is perfectly reliable. The CM GUI treats all WB engines >>identically, and The King is just another WB engine. >> >>jm > > >Thanks I got the patch already, >its working great. >one more thing, I still dont understand why i have 2 cds? > >they both seem t be identical. > >anyone here knows how to mess with the king engine to "uncripple" it ? > > >thanks >pavs.
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