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Subject: Re: Why does Gandalf 5 crash in Fritz 7?

Author: Chessfun

Date: 11:34:51 08/17/02

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On August 17, 2002 at 14:00:26, Manfred Meiler wrote:

>On August 17, 2002 at 13:55:27, Sally Weltrop wrote:
>
>>On August 17, 2002 at 13:07:39, Chessfun wrote:
>>
>>>On August 17, 2002 at 13:03:36, Chessfun wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 17, 2002 at 09:47:54, Sally Weltrop wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I'm running WinXP.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here is the Gandalf 5.init"
>>>>>
>>>>>CommandLine = nodebug xfritz xboard
>>>>>Engine      = Gandalf 5
>>>>>Debug       = False
>>>>>
>>>>>[Support]
>>>>>AnalyzeMode = True
>>>>>PonderMode  = True
>>>>>CastleAndEP = False
>>>>>
>>>>>ENG is in the \ENGINES dir.
>>>>>
>>>>>everything goes well it makes it's move out of book and then when it starts to
>>>>>ponder it crashes.
>>>>
>>>>The problem is probably in your gandalf5.res file
>>>>Here is mine;
>>>>
>>>>LEARNING 1
>>>>DRAW 6 50
>>>>CONTEMPT 0
>>>>RESIGN 7 6
>>>>TB D:\Tablebases\
>>>>BOOKPATH D:\Program Files\ChessBase\Engines\Gandalf5
>>>>HASH 104
>>>>TBCACHE 8
>>>>
>>>>Naturally you can make it a UCI engine as Manfred suggests and take my word for
>>>>it he is an expert !!
>>>>
>>>>Though I haven't used 5.0 for ages as 5.1 came out as a fix to 5.0
>>>>
>>>>Sarah.
>>>
>>>Though I will confirm it runs in Fritz 7, just tried it.
>>
>>I even tried the editing RES file. On the bookpath is this the book from
>>Chessbase or Gandalf's native book? I have been trying the chessbase book. it
>>still crashes
>
>
>No, you have to set the path to your folder with Gandalf's native book.
>
>Manfred

Correct in my case I simply copied it to the Gandalf5 folder.

Sarah.




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