Author: Brian Katz
Date: 21:17:08 12/17/03
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On December 17, 2003 at 23:37:06, Telmo Escobar wrote: > > When you run engine-engine matches in Fritz GUI, you can set the opening book >usage for each engine separately. > > For example, assume you want to watch a game Fritz vs Crafty. You choose the >opening book of your taste for White (but it has to be a Chessbase opening book >that is, its extension has to be .ctg), assume it is fritz8.ctg. > > Now you choose the opening book for Crafty (Black). To be sure, you can choose >a Chessbase book, even the same fritz8.ctg. In this case, the GUI (not Crafty >itself) will be making the initial moves. > > But probably you want to make Crafty to use its own opening book, that called >book.bin, which lies in the Crafty folder. In this case, you could choose *no >book*. This doesn't mean that Crafty plays without book. That means that *the >GUI* doesn't make the initial moves- Crafty choose its own moves from the start. >But, as the Crafty engine knows it has to consult the book.bin file, this will >imply that Crafty will be playing with its own opening book from the start. As >you want. > > This applies to any other Winboard (or UCI) engine as well: if you put "no >book" under Fritz GUI, then the engine will use its own book. > > You should imagine that the option "no book" doesn't mean that the engine will >play without book. Nothing of the sort. "No book" means the same that telling >the GUI "put the fucking hands off", or, more diplomatically, "no thanks, Crafty >has its personal opening book and it is perfectly able to play the opening >without your help". > > > Telmo Where can I find Crafty 19.06 or any other Crafty engine as a UCI or Winboard Engine? The Crafty versions I have are the one downloaded from the Chessbase site. Thanks
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