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Subject: Re: Tablebase Engine

Author: Chuck

Date: 03:04:52 11/29/04

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On November 28, 2004 at 19:57:47, Mike Hood wrote:

>On November 28, 2004 at 19:24:36, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>
>>On November 28, 2004 at 09:19:19, Mike Hood wrote:
>>
>>>What is the newest tablebase engine (Tablebase.eng) for use with the Chessbase
>>>GUI? The one I'm using doesn't have a version number, but it's 161,280 bytes
>>>large.
>>
>>
>>Right click on the file, and lookup the version properties. The latest version
>>is 3.2 coming with CB9.
>
>Thanks, Jeroen. As I said in my original post, there isn't a version number (or
>even a version tab) with my version, which was bundled with Hiarcs 9. So it must
>be an old version. I don't intend to buy Chessbase 9, so I guess I'll have to
>wait for the next version of Shredder and hope it's included.
>
>But seriously... don't you think there ought to be an automatic update of
>non-engine-specific files like Tablebase.eng on the Chessbase server?


Seems very reasonable considering the non-engine files support several programs
releases, especially when many people will have bought those same files 5 or
more times. But I would expect, without knowing the details, that these files
are covered when you login to playchess.com and run the Query Upgrade function.
Aren't they?

Chuck



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