Author: Roy Brunjes
Date: 11:53:16 09/08/02
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On September 08, 2002 at 14:28:04, John Merlino wrote: >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 > >The Mentor Lines window does NOT use the tablebases. It just does a simple >analysis of the position using the engine. If you want to see the data from the >tablebases, either set up the position with Chessmaster to play both sides (at >which point the game will be played out very quickly), or just open the "Coach" >window (CTRL+C), and you will see a list of all legal moves, and their tablebase >values. > >jm Bummer. Thanks for the info! Can we add that request to a list for CM 10000?! It seems kinda odd to not have it work that way. Hate to say it, but all other engines on the market (ChessBase or not!) work that way (at least the ones I own do). Thanks! Roy
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