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Subject: Re: Setting Chesspartner to 40/120'+60'

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 02:51:03 09/29/03

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On September 29, 2003 at 04:36:11, Harald Faber wrote:

>On September 29, 2003 at 03:52:33, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>On September 29, 2003 at 02:47:37, Harald Faber wrote:
>>
>>>On September 28, 2003 at 21:42:30, James T. Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 28, 2003 at 16:45:23, Harald Faber wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>In both cases the book moves window gets empty after selecting 40/120'+60'
>>>>>>>(before it shows all book moves.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I don't understand, CP doesn't support that level type.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ed
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Uh, you don't seem to know much about that product. ;-)
>>>>>Of course it DOES support this level. I am playing with it in Chesspartner since
>>>>>Tiger 13. ;-)
>>>>
>>>>Hello Harold,
>>>>I guess I don't know much about ChessPartner either since I've never been able
>>>>to use that type of time control.  Please provide instructions on how to....
>>>>Jim
>>
>>
>>>1. Menu: Game->Level
>>>2. Open the tournament levels directory
>>>3. Click on "New level"
>>>4. Chose "tournament level", then "Next"
>>>5. "Number of moves before first timecheck" to 40
>>>6. "Time before first timecheck" set to 02:00:00
>>>7. "Number of move to next timecheck" to 0
>>>8. "Time to next timecheck" set to 01:00:00
>>
>>:-)
>>
>>Now I see!
>>
>>First of all the second time control is not meant to function as the time for
>>the rest of the game, so the "0 moves" makes no sense. It also explains why you
>>get a crash because the internal calulation tries to divide through zero which
>>is not allowed.
>>
>>I will check this with Lex how to solve this one, in the meantime the mystery is
>>solved.
>>
>>My best,
>>
>>Ed

>IIRC this is the recommendation from Christophe or Lex. ;-)
>Suggestion how else to setup this time control? And why does Tiger e.g. handle
>this correctly?

Well, maybe I have been wrong all the time :-) and I will have to so some extra
work. I am awaiting the final verdict from Lex.

We will see :)

Ed



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