Author: Francisco J. Pájaro Rives
Date: 11:38:57 05/02/02
Well, first off all I´d like to say I´m not an expert in computer chess programs. I BEG YOU TO HELP ME because I´m troubled with Crafty. I know Crafty is the best free chess program, but I don´t have the knowledge to run it correctly. I´ve been playing with Arasan, that is not as strong as Crafty, but it is very simple to use. A few days ago I downloaded crafty executable file (wcrafty-18.7.exe)and then the source code (crafty-18.9.zip). I put them in the same folder. I already downloaded the latest version of winboard. My first question is: Is it correct to build the program with different versions of files?(wcrafty-18.7.exe &crafty-18.9.zip)Or should I download the crafty-18.7.zip file? Well, then I downloaded the opening books files(book.bin, bookc.bin & books.bin) in the same folder than the executable file. I run the wcrafty-18.7.exe and a message of error appeared. The program located the bookc.bin file but not the others. The message said that the book.bin was of an old crafty version and the program couldn´t locate it. My second question is: What should I do with the opening book files? Can them be recognized by the program if I only put them in the same folder? Or should I write any command? I downloaded the medium common games too. I did what the read.me file said and the program began to read the book.txt file, but it stopped and I have to quit the program. What have I done bad? But there were more problems. When I wanted to run crafty under winboard(I wrote in winboard.ini what I had to write) the program quit unexpectedly. My third question is: What happens? What should I do? At last, I want to download the tablebases, but I don´t know what to do. I know I have to build an .rc file and write some command lines. But the problem is that I don´t know what files should I download from the TB site. There are a lot of them; .exe, .zip files, and a lot of stuff. What files should I download to have the tablebases? What steps should I follow to do crafty use them correctly? Can crafty play well without the tablebases? I ASK YOU TO HELP ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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