Author: Henrik Boye Laursen
Date: 10:53:49 10/15/03
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On October 15, 2003 at 13:29:44, Henrik Boye Laursen wrote: >On October 15, 2003 at 11:54:03, Roy Eassa wrote: > >> >>Is it possible within the Fritz GUI to set up a tournament among multiple chess >>engines in which the starting position of each game is a user-defined position >>rather than the normal opening position? (I know they can do Nunn tournaments, >>but I think that's somewhat different.) >> >>I'd like to use this as an alternative to the "shootout" feature, wherein any >>number of engines can play out a position against *themselves* at increasing ply >>depths. Ideally, I'd like a tournament of (say) 6 top engines to each play out >>a chosen position in a double round-robin tournament, at a time control of my >>choosing. >> >>I can't figure out how to do this, or even whether or not it's possible. >> >>Any help appreciated! > >I believe it's possible. > >Try the folowing: File/New/Tournament, then name the tournament, invite the 6 >engines and then check the box saying 'Opening DB'.Press the 'Opening DB' and >select a database with the starting positions. (This is to say you need the >database, say MyOpening.ctg, in order to do this). > >I use the same with Engine Match, where it corresponds to a shootout with two >engines. > >I hope this is what you mean. I got the file extention wrong. The 'MyOpening' is a 'normal' database containing the games from which to wish to continue. I am sorry.
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