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Subject: Re: Shredder 8 Hookup - HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Author: Mike Taylor

Date: 04:39:43 03/20/04

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On March 19, 2004 at 21:41:32, Mike Taylor wrote:

>On March 19, 2004 at 06:56:26, Mike Taylor wrote:
>
>>Hello Fellows:
>>
>>How do I hook-up a set of Opening Books for the Shredder 8 engine under the
>>Arena GUI ?
>>
>>What Opening Books are u recommending as the best for Shredder under Arena ?
>>
>>Thank you
>
>Well,
>
>I created a set of .abk books from an imported .pgn database, I made it the
>Arena-MainBook.  However, Shredder 8 does not recognize the or cannot find the
>books.
>
>How do I make Shredder 8 recognize the books database ??
>
>In addition, I setup Arena to recognize the location of the Nalimov TBs but
>Shredder cannot find them, can u help me out with what I am doing wrong.
>
>Thank you


Is nobody willing to give me a helping hand ??

The following webpage states:

http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/faq.htm

How can I get Shredder to work in Arena? Why doesn't Shredder use it own opening
book?

Shredder 5.32 and the newer Shredder 6 exist as UCI engines, so you can use them
like any other UCI engine. For Shredder 6 users, you will get 2 versions. A
ChessBase Shredder 6 version that does not work in Arena and a UCI version. The
UCI version (and the UCI interface that comes with it) must be installed
separately. You can find it in the CD.

Shredder however depends on the GUI to provide opening books so Shredder will
not have an opening book when used outside Shredder. This does not apply to
other UCI engines which do not rely on the GUI for opening books.

Arena 1.0 and up allows you to set GUI books, see next question.
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So does this mean if I have Shredder 8 UCI version, it is hopeless to setup an
Opening Book and Nalimov TBS ?!

If so, why do they not allow these features ?

Thank you



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