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Subject: Re: The King parameter troubleshooting

Author: Brian Thomas

Date: 07:04:42 05/02/03

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Thanks Kurt, I appreciate it, and I sent you an email -- I had a spam thing in
my address, but you should be able to reply to my note.  Here's the text of the
email here, just in case:

.....<snip>
Give the monkey setting a try: it should be a pushover.  I can indeed get the
settings to work using the file at the bottom of this note, but trying the
dynamic settings don't seem to work (textfile and/or "extras").

Path to wb2uci:
C:\Program Files\ChessBase\Engines\cm

Path to engines:
C:\Program Files\ChessBase\Engines

Path to CM:
C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\Chessmaster 9000

> begin contents on wb2uci.eng file
[ENGINE]
Name=The King 3.23
Author=Johan de Koning, NED
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe

[OPTIONS]
Program="C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\Chessmaster 9000\TheKing.exe"
InitString=cm_parm default\ncm_parm opk=694388
HashCommand=cm_parm tts=%i004096
ShowThinkingMove=true
;Logfile=true
Visible=Ponder,Hash,ShowThinkingMove,Logfile,Extras

[EXTRAS]
Personality=<readfile>|combo|Default|Default|CM9_Monkey|CM9_8777|CM9_Pillen|CM9_Utz12n|CM9_Utz12p
> end contents on wb2uci.eng file

> begin contents of The King 3.23.UCI in the Engines folder
[ENGINE]
Name=The King 3.23
Author=Johan de Koning, NED
Filename=C:\Program Files\ChessBase\Engines\cm\Wb2Uci.exe
> end contents

All of these TXT files are in the C:\Program Files\ChessBase\Engines\cm
directory with
wb2uci.exe and wb2uci.eng:

> begin contents of cm9_monkey.txt
;---- CM9_Monkey.txt
cm_parm opp=141 opn=234 opb=141 opr=141 opq=141
cm_parm myp=141 myn=283 myb=141 myr=141 myq=141
cm_parm mycc=43 mymob=52 myks=104 mypp=77 mypw=77
cm_parm opcc=43 opmob=52 opks=104 oppp=77 oppw=77
cm_parm cfd=0 sop=9 avd=33 rnd=0 sel=6 md=1
;---- File end
> end contents

Note: I copied these settings to the default.txt as well, just to "force" the
settings.  These settings are really weak, anyone should be able to walk all
over this engine setting.  The other text files are exactly as given by you in
the earlier post:

;---- CM9_SKR.txt
; A personality created by Sedat Canbaz, Kurt Utzinger, Rolf Buehler
cm_parm opp=100 opn=100 opb=100 opr=100 opq=100
cm_parm myp=100 myn=100 myb=100 myr=100 myq=101
cm_parm cc=105 mob=110 ks=155 pp=100 pw=100
cm_parm cfd=0 sop=100 avd=-2 rnd=0 sel=12 md=99
;---- File end

;---- CM9_8777.txt
; A personality created by Stefan Kleinert, GER
cm_parm opp=103 opn=121 opb=127 opr=121 opq=123
cm_parm myp=103 myn=121 myb=127 myr=121 myq=123
cm_parm cc=112 mob=123 ks=160 pp=117 pw=133
cm_parm cfd=0 sop=100 avd=-2 rnd=0 sel=12 md=99
;---- File end

;---- CM9_Pillen.txt
; A personality created by Markus Pillen, GER
cm_parm opp=96 opn=99 opb=102 opr=100 opq=103
cm_parm myp=96 myn=99 myb=102 myr=100 myq=103
cm_parm cc=115 mob=120 ks=150 pp=115 pw=125
cm_parm cfd=0 sop=100 avd=-10 rnd=0 sel=12 md=99
;---- File end

;---- CM9_Utz12n.txt
; A personality created by Kurt Utzinger, SWZ
cm_parm opp=100 opn=100 opb=100 opr=100 opq=100
cm_parm myp=100 myn=100 myb=100 myr=100 myq=101
cm_parm cc=102 mob=102 ks=100 pp=100 pw=100
cm_parm cfd=0 sop=100 avd=0 rnd=0 sel=12 md=99
;---- File end

;---- CM9_Utz12p.txt
; A personality created by Kurt Utzinger, SWZ
cm_parm opp=100 opn=100 opb=103 opr=100 opq=100
cm_parm myp=100 myn=100 myb=103 myr=100 myq=101
cm_parm cc=102 mob=102 ks=100 pp=100 pw=100
cm_parm cfd=0 sop=100 avd=0 rnd=0 sel=12 md=99
;---- File end

That said, note that this file below (wb2uci.eng) works fine, and the settings
are exactly the same.  When using these settings, indeed The King plays
completely horrible which of course is the point:

> begin file
[ENGINE]
Name=The King
Author=Johan de Koning
Filename=wb2uci.exe

[OPTIONS]
Program=C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\Chessmaster 9000\TheKing.exe
InitString=cm_parm default\cm_parm opk=694388 opp=141 opn=234 opb=141 opr=141
opq=141 myp=141 myn=283 myb=141 myr=141 myq=141 mycc=43 mymob=52 myks=104
mypp=77 mypw=77 opcc=43 opmob=52 opks=104 oppp=77 oppw=77 cfd=0 sop=9 avd=33
rnd=0 sel=6 md=1
HashCommand=cm_parm tts=33554432 ttu=7
InitTime=4
Ponder=false
Logfile=false
Edit=edit
UseSAN=false
logfile=false
ownbook=false
Priority=normal
AddHintMove=false
Protocol=1
LevelExtend=Progressive
computer=true
Analyze=true
UseUndo=true
Visible=Ponder,Hash
> end file

Thanks!
Brian



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