Author: George Tsavdaris
Date: 02:22:22 09/14/03
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On September 13, 2003 at 15:16:27, John Merlino wrote: >On September 13, 2003 at 14:47:47, Dana Turnmire wrote: > >>On September 13, 2003 at 14:36:58, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On September 13, 2003 at 14:16:52, Dana Turnmire wrote: >>> >>>>On September 13, 2003 at 13:36:13, John Merlino wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 13, 2003 at 10:02:19, Dana Turnmire wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I can set up a position and then allow Chessmaster to play the position against >>>>>>itself but it just sits there. Initially the thinking lines show what it's >>>>>>thinking but it stays stuck on that one line and when I shut the thinking lines >>>>>>down and then open it back up there is nothing but a blank space in the lines. >>>>>>I ask for Mentor advice but none of the tabs are highlighted to start the >>>>>>thinking. I am running the 1.02 patch on Windows 2000 professional. Am I doing >>>>>>something wrong? >>>>> >>>>>When you load a PGN file, the program automatically sets the time control to >>>>>"Infinite" if there is no time control specified in the PGN file. If the time >>>>>control is Infinite, then the engine will never move. >>>>> >>>>>Also, you cannot ask for advice if it is a computer's turn to move -- only if it >>>>>is a human's turn to move. >>>>> >>>>>Does this sound like what is happening in both cases? >>>>> >>>>>jm >>>> >>>>As far as the mentor advice you may be right. But as far as the thinking lines >>>>I tried about everything and they wouldn't work right. I thought it might be >>>>because I had loaded the pgn from Genius 7. I tried loading the following FEN >>>>(at first as a normal pgn) to Chessmaster and allowing Genius 7 to play White >>>>and Chessmaster to play the Black pieces but Chessmaster just sits there at time >>>>controls of 5sec/move and will not allow me to "force move" or anything. >>>> >>>>I'm thinking it may be because there is something wrong with Genius 7. But I >>>>don't know. >>>> >>>>[d] 3r1rk1/1b3p1p/p2q1Pp1/np2Q3/2p4R/6NP/PBB3PK/8 w - - >>> >>>Try a different time control, such as a simple one-minute game. Also try making >>>BOTH of the players Chessmaster. >>> >>>Nobody else has reported this kind of behaviour, so I'm quite confused.... >>> >>>jm >> >>I clicked on set up position with this FEN and had Chessmaster play both colors >>at game/5 min but neither side will do anything. It may be some freaky thing >>and maybe I will reinstall Chessmaster but I have not had this problem before as >>far as I know. Thanks. > >Did you try "Actions -> Wake Up" (CTRL+W)? > >Also, you can paste FEN into Chessmaster by going to "Edit -> Paste -> Forsythe >position". This is something else to try. > In the above FEN it's White that have to move. And as the poster said, it is Chessmaster to play with Black. So CTRL+W(Wake up) doesn't do anything after you set up a position. So Chessmaster is waiting white to move.
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