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Subject: Re: Shredder7 classic Endgame Oracle Fix

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 01:07:00 03/03/03

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On March 02, 2003 at 19:06:33, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On March 02, 2003 at 10:39:20, Ernst Walet wrote:
>
>>On March 02, 2003 at 10:31:37, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>>
>>>On March 02, 2003 at 10:05:36, Ingo Bauer wrote:
>>>
>>>>On March 02, 2003 at 03:55:36, Ernst Walet wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On March 02, 2003 at 02:30:46, Ernst Walet wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>1. The engine is 10% faster in the classical interface, is this normal?
>>>>
>>>>YES. Completly normal, even if 10% is much (I measured about 6%).  Tip: If you
>>>>install the Shredder7-UCI engine in the Chessbase GUI you still have won some
>>>>percentages compared to the S7-Chessbase-nativ engine. It is like having a free
>>>>upgrade for your provessor! :-)
>>>>
>>>>>>2. the Show All Principal Variation option doen't seem to work, I can deselect
>>>>>>it and it still shows all line from the beginning, did someone else notice this?
>>>>
>>>>No problems here. It skipes the first second or so. If you have a very slow
>>>>Computer it may seem to be the same output!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>And another one, when I set u the sample position provided for the endgame
>>>>>oracle, it starts searching and almost immediately the program quits.  A bug?
>>>>
>>>>I never tried the givern position in the help, but I did after your post and yes
>>>>you are right. My Shredder is chrashing too with this position.
>>>>I tried something else and it worked fine. Nice one! Do you have problems with
>>>>other positions?
>>>>
>>>>Bye Ingo
>>>
>>>I have reported this Bug long ago here at CCC. Chessbase has fixed it, and
>>>mailed me some small *.msg files to replace. Now it works fine.
>>>I really dont understand why they are not willing to put the files on
>>>chessbase.com download section.
>>
>>Could you please mail me this fix?  (ejw@wanadoo.nl)
>>
>>Thanks a lot in advance.
>>
>>Ernst.
>
>All Shredder owners who dont get a response from Chessbase can fix the Bug by
>editing the *.msg-files in the Shredder classic folder:
>
>Search for the string "Orakel" and insert "I64" five times as shown below
>(in all *.msg files the same procedure).
>Dont forget to backup the *.msg files first.
>
>Two examples:
>
>a) Deutsch.msg :
>
>### Orakel
>
>NSaved,			"  %d gespeichert "
>NSearched,		"%d Stellungen gesucht %s(%d kPos/Sek)"
>NWonForWhite,	"%d sind gewonnen für Weiß (%.2f%%)."
>NDraw,			"%d sind Remis (%.2f%%)."
>NWonForBlack,	"%d sind gewonnen für Schwarz (%.2f%%)."
>
>Fixed:
>
>### Orakel
>
>NSaved,			"  %d gespeichert "
>NSearched,		"%I64d Stellungen gesucht %s(%I64d kPos/Sek)"
>NWonForWhite,	"%I64d sind gewonnen für Weiß (%.2f%%)."
>NDraw,			"%I64d sind Remis (%.2f%%)."
>NWonForBlack,	"%I64d sind gewonnen für Schwarz (%.2f%%)."
>
>
>
>b) English.msg :
>
>### Orakel
>
>NSaved,			"  %d saved "
>NSearched,		"%d positions searched %s(%d kpos/sec)"
>NWonForWhite,	"%d positions are won for white (%.2f%%)"
>NDraw,			"%d positions are a draw (%.2f%%)"
>NWonForBlack,	"%d positions are won for black (%.2f%%)"
>
>Fixed:
>
>### Orakel
>
>NSaved,			"  %d saved "
>NSearched,		"%I64d positions searched %s(%I64d kpos/sec)"
>NWonForWhite,	"%I64d positions are won for white (%.2f%%)"
>NDraw,			"%I64d positions are a draw (%.2f%%)"
>NWonForBlack,	"%I64d positions are won for black (%.2f%%)"
>LongestWhiteIs,	"Longest/Average win for white is mate in %d / %.1f moves"


Thanks, I'll try it later this day.  I've e-mailed Chessbase as well, btw.

Ernst.



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