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Subject: Re: Initializing TB's in Fritz7

Author: Christopher A. Morgan

Date: 03:26:06 12/29/02

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Ernst,

I recently ran two position problem test suites in Fritz 7 and Fritz 8 GUIs, one
for end game positions, and one for middlegame positions, and posted the results
here.  I ran the end games without tablebases.  I had quite a problem making
sure the tablebases were not being accessed, as just not checking the use
tablebases box in the load engine dialogue, F3, did NOT prevent some engines
from using the tablebases, including F7 and F8.

The following was part of my test positions post:

In order to make sure my EGTBs were not being accessed I had to take the
following steps: 1. In the Load Engine window, make sure the use tablebases box
is not checked.  2. In Tools –> Options–> Tablebases make sure the paths are
blank, but remember to put the paths back in when you want to use the tablebases
again.  3. If you have tablebases in the default directory, c:\My
Documents\ChessBase\Tablebases change the name of the Tablebases directory -
deleting the path in 2, above, is not enough.  You’d think that just not
checking the use tablebases box in the Load Engine dialogue would be enough, but
it is not.

Regards,

Chris




On December 29, 2002 at 05:28:25, Ernst Walet wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>I noticed hat both the gui and the engine initialize the TB's.  I switched off
>TB access in the gui (with F3), but I want the gui to permanently stop using the
>TB's, thus freeing some memory.
>
>Is this possible?
>
>Kinde regards,
>Ernst.



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