Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 09:58:05 12/26/03
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On December 26, 2003 at 11:22:01, Jorge wrote:
>This may be trivial to most of you here, but I tried to install the UCI gui from
>the chessbase site, and it's not working. I have Fritz6 GUI- does it work with
>this version? Help please.
>
>
>jorge
No , the uci installation was originally an upgrade/enhancement to F7. F6 will
not run uci. F8 comes with it pre-installed. Arena and Chess Partner run uci
engines among others. Chess Informant Expert 4.1 can use UCI and Crafty engines
in analysis.
For the money, there is no doubt that Arena is the best GUI. It costs $0. It
also one of the most versatile GUI, with many , many improvements over the past
year. For example, it plays both FRC and Shuffle Chess, runs engine matches,
runs tournament, outputs tournament to html, has spoken move announcement, plays
with a DGT board, connects to the internet, prints games with diagrams.
Below is a game with Crafty SE "kazy kamkazi" perosnality -- it sacs for no
reason , ideal for beginner players. For the experienced player, you can
decide how best to mate - here I was able to come up with a smothered mate at
the end - always a joy.
[Event "Computer Schach Partie"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Crafty19.08 SE 'krazy kamkazi'"]
[Black "Administrator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07/28"]
[Opening "Pirc-QP"]
[Time "12:17:39"]
[Variation "g3"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "human"]
1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nbc3 Nbd7 8.Bf4 e5
9.Bg5 Nb6 10.Qd3 Rc8 11.Qf3 {remember - krazy kamakazi is desiged to play bad
moves just like this one! }Bxf3 12.Bxf3 h6 13.Be3 Nc4 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Bg2 h5
16.Bxa7
b6 17.Bxb6 cxb6 18.Nd4 Nfg4 19.Nd5 Nc4 20.Nxb6 Qxb6
{it was about here I saw a potential for smothered mate, of course I was going
to need some help from the program
[d]2r2rk1/5pb1/1q1p2p1/7p/2nNP1n1/6P1/PPP2PBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 21
}
21.b3 Bxd4 22.bxc4 Bxf2+
23.Rxf2 Nxf2 24.Rf1 {thank you very much , a little help for the smothered mate
[d] 2r2rk1/5p2/1q1p2p1/7p/2P1P3/6P1/P1P2nBP/5RK1 b - - 0 24
}
Nh3+ 25.Kh1 Qg1+ 26.Rxg1 Nf2# {Mate} 0-1
[d]2r2rk1/5p2/3p2p1/7p/2P1P3/6P1/P1P2nBP/6RK w - - 0 27
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