Author: David H. McClain
Date: 05:16:53 03/03/04
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On March 03, 2004 at 08:06:48, William Penn wrote: >For some reason I've lost confidence in the CB GUI with Shredder8.eng, and am >starting to use the classic Shredder 6 GUI with the Shredder 8 UCI engine. >That's the way SSDF does it, and I imagine they know best. I don't know yet if >this will help with the nonsensical PV's which Shredder 8 burps out frequently. >So far I haven't seen any bad PV's with the classic GUI, but I'm still a >beginner. Also my impression is that big hash size may be handled better, and >the engine may run faster with the classic GUI, but haven't tried to prove it >(yet). > >I've accumulated a couple of questions about the classic GUI which I can't >answer, so would appreciate a little help... > >Does it have a variation board, or some way to play over a variation while the >engine is running in analysis mode? > >Does it have a "move now" command, so that the best move found so far is >executed from analysis mode (rather than having to drag & drop the piece on the >chessboard)? > >Lastly, are there any better GUI's than this one for running the Shredder 8 UCI >engine? I hear about Arena but haven't taken the plunge. Is it a significant >improvement? >WP William, I can only answer one of your questions: Move now: Top menu > Command > Interrupt The senseless PVs are still present in the Classic GUI with Shredder 7 but perhaps not as significant. Unless there has been a modification in Shredder 8 they may be similar. DHM
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