Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 05:47:44 03/20/04
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On March 20, 2004 at 07:39:43, Mike Taylor wrote: >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 ?? It is better to ask questions about Arena in the Arena support forum. > >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? The Shredder GUI is responsible for the opening book, not the engine. You simply can't use it's book outside the Shredder GUI >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. >----- > >So does this mean if I have Shredder 8 UCI version, it is hopeless to setup an >Opening Book and Nalimov TBS ?! Shredder 8 certainly can use Nalimov Tablebases in Arena. You only need to set the Namilov path in the engine/UCI tab. [D] 8/7k/7q/8/8/8/7Q/5NBK w - - 0 1 Shredder8 UCI 64 MB: 3 00:14 M26 Dh2xh6+ 4 00:14 M26 Dh2xh6+ 5 00:14 M26 Dh2xh6+ 6 00:14 M26 Dh2xh6+ 6+ 00:14 M25 Sf1e3 Kh7g7 Dh2xh6+ The engine would not show a mate score without tablebases in this position. > >If so, why do they not allow these features ? > >Thank you
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