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

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 06:40:17 06/08/03

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On June 08, 2003 at 09:20:28, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On June 08, 2003 at 08:45:45, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>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
>
>     Hi Michael
>     Just tried your settings, but unfortunately
>     without success: when I start Fritz8-GUI with
>     SmarThink the GUI shows a hash table size of
>     only 1 MB [despite correct settings in the
>     smarthink.ini] although TaskInfo2000 announces
>     correct values as per ini-file.

This is OK for me because it makes not much sense to set the hash size in
Chessbase GUI.
The program use TranspositionSize and PawnHashsize with predifined values.
If you dont like the 1 MB you could also 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
Edit=cb-edit
Analyze=false
Logfile=false
ShowThinkingMove=true
Visible=Ponder,Logfile,ShowThinkingMove,Hash

Then it will start up with the dault value (eg. 64MB) but it wont use 64MB of
course.
Possible Transposition size values are 15 - 24 according to the .ini-file.

 And still no
>     access to the EGTB in the search !! And also
>     problems when switching between playing and
>     anylising mode. I am giving up using SmarThink
>ยจ    under Fritz8-GUI
>     Kurt

Strange!
I have EGTB in the search and no problems switching.
Maybe its the operating system? I use Windows 2000.

Michael




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