Author: John Merlino
Date: 10:33:01 07/23/02
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On July 23, 2002 at 02:10:23, Mike Byrne wrote: >On July 23, 2002 at 01:48:39, Mike S. wrote: > >>On July 23, 2002 at 01:33:08, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>>It is possible to use your own Crafty book ...just put the command xboard as >>>your first command in the crafty.rc file andthen set your bookpath=c:\book >>>(whatever) >> >>For me, it works with the xboard parameter in the CM engine import dialogue (not >>in the crafty.rc file), alone. I didn't need a bookpath setting. But I have the >>book files in the Crafty folder, and "book on" in the crafty.rc file. This seems >>to be sufficient too. >> >>Actually I'm not even sure if the xboard parameter is necessary... I use it, >>following recommendations I read somewhere. I use it in winboard.ini, too. >> >>Regards, >>M.Scheidl > >In Crafty V17.xx - the xboard command sends the book moves in long algebraic >"e2e4" format which is needed in CM. I'm not sure about Crafty 18. Haven't >look at it yet. Without "xboard" , Crafty sends the book moves in short >agebraic "e4" which is simply ignored by CM. The v1.0.0 version of CM8000 did not handle Algebraic moves from winboard engines -- it only accepted coordinate notation. The v1.0.4 patch does handle Algebraic (and even Long Algebraic), so Crafty v18 will work after you patch CM8000. jm
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