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Subject: Re: ECO-Browser in Scid 3.6.1 (under WinXP)

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 06:37:09 09/23/04

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On September 23, 2004 at 09:20:25, Daniel Clausen wrote:

>On September 23, 2004 at 08:44:37, Norm Pollock wrote:
>
>>You first have to open a database (.si3 file). ECO classify the games if they
>>were not already eco classified.
>
>I did load the ECO-file (and saved options so it automatically gets loaded on
>startup) And it shows the ECO code if I just make some opening moves on the
>initial board.
>
>
>>Then you click on a bar. Problem is that gives you the error message.
>>Probably a bug.
>
>I don't get an error anymore (had to replace 'Xunmap' with 'xunmap' a file. But
>I don't get any real bars - their height is zero. And I don't see moves until I
>click on them.
>
>Maybe I wasn't specific enough in my initial post, but I don't want to see how
>C77 looks like, but I want to browse basically thru the little ECO opening book
>by playing the _moves_, not typing in C77.
>
>
>>But there is alternative that works. Type the letter of the bar. For example
>>"A". Then type the additional number for the next bar. For example "1". This
>>will give "A1". Then type "5". This will give "A15".
>
>As I said, I don't know what to follow A15, but I'd like to follow "e4 e5 Nf3"
>etc and see where this leads me.
>
>I guess I could just use a regular chess engine with an opening book and play
>along the opening lines there. Scid doesn't seem to do what I want. Thanks
>anyway. :)

The best way to do that is set up a start board with the EPD string:
[D]rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq -
and do a search.



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