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Subject: Re: Shredder7 classic Endgame Oracle Fix

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 08:42:17 03/06/03

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On March 03, 2003 at 11:48:09, Ernst Walet wrote:

>On March 03, 2003 at 04:07:00, Ernst Walet wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>
>Thank's for your information, Michael.
>
>Ernst.


Peter Schreiner from chessbase answered to my request that the'll put the patch
on the chessbase server.

Kind regards
Ernst.



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