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Subject: Re: CM9000 - Tablebases not seen/used?

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 08:18:56 09/08/02

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On September 08, 2002 at 11:07:14, Roy Brunjes wrote:

>
>When I installed CM9000, I opted for the complete installation.  According to
>the manual, this is all I need to do for CM to make use of the de Konig
>tablebases (which are indeed installed under "My Documents" in a folder
>structure called "Chessmaster 9000\EGDB".
>
>In the Game Room, I set up a position with white K on e1, white Bishop on f1,
>and white Knight on g1.  I put Black's King on e8.  I then opened up "Mentor
>Lines" and no immediate mate announcement is made.
>
>I can find no info about a CM9000.ini file in the manual (or something similar)
>which might be editable to specify the location of the tablebases ...
>
>
>I'm confident this is easily corrected -- but I did not see any posts here by
>others indicating they have the same problem.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help,
>
>Roy

See page 63 on the manual and set up that position.  If it does not play through
correctly, I would suggest re-installing with the "all" option.

I had to a re-install all to get it right.  I don't think you just copy EGDB to
the harddrive and I could not find th *.ini to change the parameter either.



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