Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 00:07:49 09/11/03
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On September 10, 2003 at 22:16:32, Bob Durrett wrote: >On September 10, 2003 at 20:30:33, Geoff Lane wrote: > >>On September 10, 2003 at 20:14:02, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>>On September 10, 2003 at 17:57:57, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>> >>>>On September 10, 2003 at 17:39:36, Bob Durrett wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>I would like to use Chessmaster 9000 as an analysis engine running under >>>>>Chessbase 8. Is "UCI" the answer? If not, why not? >>>>> >>>>>Bob D. >>>> >>>> Chessmaster 9000 does not run under ChessBase 8. >>>> Kurt >>> >>>Can Chessmaster 9000 be used as a UCI engine? Or, is Chessmaster 9000 >>>incompatible with UCI? Are Chessmaster 9000 and UCI incompatible? Chessbase 8 and UCI are incompatible. >>> >>>Maybe UCI isn't all that great after all? >>> >>>The essence of my question is whether or not it's possible to somehow trick the >>>Chessmaster 9000 programmers [who evidently hate Chessbase] so that it would >>>work in spite of their best efforts? What prevents that? >>> >>>I don't like catagorical answers. I want the SOLUTION! >> >>The King engine from Chessmaster 9000 will run as a UCI engine with the WB2UCI >>converter. However, although I don't have Chessbase8, I have a feeling that it >>doesn't support UCI engines. If you have one of the later versions of the >>Fritz/Junior/Shredder/Hiarcs GUI's, which support UCI, then it can be done. >> >>Here is a link that explains how to do it: >> >>http://www.aarontay.per.sg/Winboard/Winboard4.html#[D.3.5] > >I looked at that webpage. It is most interesting. They say Chessmaster 9000's >engine, "The King," is a Winboard engine. [I'm not sure what it is about an >engine that would make it "a Winboard engine."] They then talk about a >converter to make Winboard engines become UCI engines. Sounds plausible but >awkward. Presumably, the converted King would then run as a UCI engine and >could hence be accommodated by Chessbase and the Fritz GUI. > >Chessbase 8 and the Fritz GUI accommodate UCI engines, as far as I can tell. Wrong, only the Fritz GUI accommodate UCI engines. >Shredder 7.0.4 seems to be an example. If you go to www.chessbase.com and look >at their download for Shredder 7, you get a downloadable file which, after >unzipping, says "Installing Shredder 7.04 UCI." Shredder 7.04 UCI is an update for Shredder Classic 7. You dont need it for Fritz GUI since there is also a native Shredder 7.04 engine available. Also, in the Fritz GUI, there >is a "Setup UCI Engine" window. This is why I say that it appears that >Chessbase can now accommodate UCI engines. The Chessbase guys have "moved up in >the World." Maybe soon they will be able to accommodate "Winboard engines" >too??? : ) > >I would love to see a definition of "a Winboard engine," assuming there is such >a thing, and to learn what distinguishes "Winboard engines" from other engines. >For example, is Crafty a Winboard engine? Yes, it is available as Winboard engine and also as Chessbase-native engine. Is Crafty also a UCI engine? No Is> Crafty an "everything for everybody" engine? [Humor intended. : )] I know >Crafty runs under Chessbase 8, because I used it for that a couple of days ago, >but suspect that it was not running as a UCI engine. Correct Michael > >Bob D. > >> >>> >>>No offense intended. >>> >>>Bob D.
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