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Subject: Re: A Question for Christophe Theron (or any other knowledgeable person)

Author: Jasmine Baer

Date: 12:49:02 12/15/03

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On December 15, 2003 at 15:45:05, Christophe Drieu wrote:

>On December 15, 2003 at 15:30:01, Jasmine Baer wrote:
>
>>In an earlier post, you (Christophe) responded to an inquiry with the following:
>>
>>
>>1) I don't recommend the "Gambit suicidal" settings. Use the normal style or the
>>Gambit style for better results. ******Please note that if you are using CT15
>>inside the ChessBase GUI, due to a bug in the CB stuff you will have to manually
>>edit the CT.INI file.********(Asterisks inserted by Jasmine Baer)
>>
>>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>>I'm curious about the 3rd sentence.  What does this mean?  Does this mean that
>>when I change CT15's parameters via the Fritz GUI, the changes are not actually
>>implemented?  If I select "Suicidal," is CT15 still playing as "Normal?"  If so,
>>do I need to go into the CT.INI file everytime I want to use CT15 as my playing
>>partner, as a participant in an engine match, as a participant on
>>www.playchess.com, etc?  Is there a permanent fix available?
>Hi, yes, under Chessbase GUI you must change the MoreGambit option from
>-1(solid) to 2(suicidal) in ct.ini file and then reload the engine.

Aarrgh!  I guess the reason I got some pretty interesting openings out of CT15
was because I had the opening book set up for the most variety of play.  Well,
it will be interesting to see how CT15 REALLY plays under the more aggressive
gambit settings.



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