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Subject: Re: ENG Files won't open..

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 13:49:16 08/02/04

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On August 02, 2004 at 13:41:23, David Dahlem wrote:

>On August 02, 2004 at 13:33:26, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>On August 02, 2004 at 09:35:18, David Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>On August 02, 2004 at 04:08:41, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 02, 2004 at 03:10:52, David Dahlem wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 02, 2004 at 02:43:20, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On August 01, 2004 at 21:55:58, Rob Basham wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Now I have a bunch of "eng" files on my desktop that won't open!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Guess I will have to start deleting them...:-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Ed has a good title there, however! I would like "Pro Deo" if it would work...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Minimum requirements:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>- Chessbase version that supports UCI engines (Fritz7 and up)
>>>>>>- Chesspartner 5.2 and up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If the SETUP program doesn't work for you unzip the archive and then copy the
>>>>>>PRODEO directory to the ENGINES directory of ChessBase and/or ChessPartner. Then
>>>>>>follow the instructions of the README file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>My best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Ed
>>>>>
>>>>>Pro Deo also works great as a Winboard engine in Arena. Thanks so much for this
>>>>>wonderful gift!!
>>>>
>>>>Yes, Pro Deo works fine under Arena too. However I noticed running an eng-eng
>>>>match it plays the first game and then when the second game starts both (!!)
>>>>engines start to report illegal moves resulting in infinite 0 move games. Any
>>>>idea what's going on here?
>>>>
>>>>My best,
>>>>
>>>>Ed
>>
>>
>>>Hi Ed
>>>
>>>I haven't had this problem yet. At least when installed as a Winboard engine.
>>>Here are a few games from a tourney i started last night. Good results for Pro
>>>Deo so far. :-)
>>
>>Hi David,
>>
>>Tried it as WB engine under Arena and eng-eng indeed seems to properly work now.
>>But then 2 other problems occur: 1) can't change the hash table size, meaning it
>>uses 4Mb only and (worse) 2) can't load the right personality, so a weak engine
>>is playing.
>>
>>Any workarounds?
>>
>>Ed (Arena dummy)
>
>Hi Ed

>Yes, under "Engines/Manage/Details", just enter the hash setting and personality
>in the command line options dialog, for example:
>
>w4 rebel.eng

Great, it works.

I will have a look at your EPD question later.

My best,

Ed



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