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Subject: Re: Changing engine's names

Author: Daniel Jackson

Date: 11:53:22 10/09/04

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On October 09, 2004 at 14:34:24, F. Huber wrote:

>On October 09, 2004 at 14:18:49, Juan Pablo Naar C. wrote:
>
>>Do you know how can I change the names of the engines? I want to do this to test
>>different versions of fritz (like 8.005 and 8.008) and make them play, but how
>>can I do that? Thanks.
>
>It´s not possible without patching the engine files _internally_, and moreover
>it´s not enough to simply change their names. They have a ´protection´ routine
>checking this internal name, and so you would also have to crack this code!
>
>You see, not worth all the troubles ...
>
>Regards,
>Franz.

This is something that both Frans Morsch and ChessBase should change, imho.
But I guess not enough people have asked for this formally, including myself.



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