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Subject: Re: Smarthink - ok sorry - this must be the chessbase adapter

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 05:45:45 06/08/03

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On June 08, 2003 at 07:38:56, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On June 08, 2003 at 07:23:23, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>On June 08, 2003 at 06:25:48, Werner Schuele wrote:
>>
>>>On June 08, 2003 at 05:04:06, Werner Schuele wrote:
>>>Thanks for helping - I first used the adapter downloaded with Smarthink - did
>>>not see that this was from chessbase.
>>>Also with this adapter I could not make this move again.
>>>Now I use wb2uci - and it looks good.
>>>Anyone has a good working wb2uci.eng?
>>>
>>>>Werner
>>
>>The author of the program recommends this method therefore you dont have to
>>apologize.
>>The author is aware of bad time management at non-Fischer time controls but was
>>probably not aware that Smarthink can make such stupid blunders also at short
>>time controls.
>>
>>I use this WB2UCI.eng file:
>>
>>[ENGINE]
>>Name=SmarThink
>>Author=Sergei Markoff
>>Filename=SmarThinkUCI.exe
>>
>>[OPTIONS]
>>Program=C:\Chessbase\Engines.UCI\SmarThink\SmarThink.exe
>>Ponder=true
>>Analyze=true
>>Logfile=false
>>ShowThinkingMove=true
>>Visible=Ponder,Logfile,ShowThinkingMove
>>
>>Michael
>
>     Hi Michael
>     I am puzzled. The above file should not run
>     correctly. If you are working with Odd Gunnar
>     Malin's Wb2Uci-adapter, it should be
>     Filename=Wb2Uci.exe

Of course I have renamed the Wb2UCI.exe file to SmarThinkUCI.exe. The reason for
this is that I have also a SmarThinkUCI.bmp file in my Folder.

>
>     My Wb2Uci.eng looks as follows:
>
>     [ENGINE]
>     Name=SmarThink 0.16b
>     Author=Sergei Markoff
>     Filename=Wb2Uci.exe
>
>     [OPTIONS]
>     Program=Smarthink.exe
>     Ponder=true
>     Analyze=true
>     Logfile=false
>     Visible=Ponder,ShowThinkingMove,Logfile
>
>     Just for playing games this works well. But the
>     settings are not best for analysing purposes under
>     Fritz8-GUI.
>     Kurt

The setting ShowThinkingMove=true is missing.
Also nalysing a non-standard startposition was not possible

This Wb2UCI.eng file seems to work perfectly for me now
(Filename=SmarThinkUCI.exe if you have also a bitmap file SmarThinkUCI.bmp):

[ENGINE]
Name=SmarThink
Author=Sergei Markoff
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe

[OPTIONS]
Program=C:\Chessbase\Engines.UCI\SmarThink\SmarThink.exe
Ponder=true
Edit=cb-edit
Analyze=false
Logfile=false
ShowThinkingMove=true
Visible=Ponder,Logfile,ShowThinkingMove

SmarThink will even use the tablebases in the search and position learning
if you:
- set the correct tablebase path
- set Learning=on
- set UseLearningData=on
in the SmarThink.ini file.

Michael




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