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

Author: Sally Weltrop

Date: 11:57:08 08/17/02

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On August 17, 2002 at 14:34:51, Chessfun wrote:

>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.

thanks! That explains it :.)
>
>Sarah.



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