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Subject: Re: Crafty Book.. How do the 3 files to work in the Fritz 8 Program?

Author: Brian Katz

Date: 10:17:53 12/17/03

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On December 17, 2003 at 12:31:34, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 17, 2003 at 12:23:04, Luis Smith wrote:
>
>>On December 17, 2003 at 12:22:11, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On December 17, 2003 at 12:17:37, Luis Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 17, 2003 at 12:10:55, Brian Katz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On December 17, 2003 at 11:47:59, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On December 17, 2003 at 11:42:48, Brian Katz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Is there a Crafty 19.06 or any other Crafty version opening books available for
>>>>>>>download?
>>>>>>>Especially for running engine tournaments, since all of the other major engines
>>>>>>>which are available for purchase have their own specialy designed opening books.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>>Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Download book.bin, bookc.bin and books.bin from the
>>>>>>ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/common directory.  Be sure to add "computer" to
>>>>>>your crafty.rc/.craftyrc file if you are not using xboard/winboard, so that
>>>>>>Crafty will know it is playing a computer.
>>>>>
>>>>>Where would I find the crafty.rc/.craftyrc file since I am using a Chessbase
>>>>>program ...Fritz 8
>>>>>Thanks again Mr. Hyatt
>>>>>Brian
>>>>
>>>>You have to create it on your own, but I can post mine here, you don't have to
>>>>copy it exactly.
>>>>
>>>>log off
>>>>hash=32M
>>>>hashp=8M
>>>>cache=8M
>>>>book random 1
>>>>book width 5
>>>>tbpath=C:\Winboard\Tablebases
>>>>egtb
>>>>resign 4 3
>>>
>>>The above looks strange.  "resign" only takes one argument, the number
>>>of pawns to be down before resigning.  IE "resign 4" says resign when
>>>4 pawns down (after several consecutive moves).  The "3" is dangling and
>>>is not used.
>>
>>I thought the 3 was used for the number of moves it was consecutively down?  I
>>guess I'll take it out then...
>
>That's a good idea that I will add, but it is not in the current version.
>
>:)
>
>I notice it was given that way in the help command output, so I just made it
>work as it claimed.  :)
>
>>
>>>
>>>>swindle off
>>>>exit
>>>><---make sure there is a blank line here, it sometimes causes problems


Now that I have downloaded the 3 bin files, how do I get them to work in the
Fritz 8 Interface.
Pardon my ignorance. I as sure it is very simple>
Thanks
Brian



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