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Subject: Re: Shredder 8 uci question

Author: Graham Banks

Date: 15:16:02 12/27/04

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On December 27, 2004 at 17:51:40, David Shanholtzer wrote:

>I seem to be having some problems re Shredder 8 uci, similar to the recent
>postings concerning this.
>
>I bought Shredder 8 (Chessbase) quite sometime ago when new. When I attempt to
>install Shredder 8 as a uci engine, (had not done this before with Shredder) I
>get "Shredder 8 already exists." I tried putting the following as a text file
>into the folder, C:\Program Files\ChessBase\Engines\UCI\Shredder8:
>
>[ENGINE]
>Name=Shredder 8 UCI
>Author=Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
>Filename=C:\Program Files\ChessBase\Engines\UCI\Shredder8\Shredder8.exe
>[OPTIONS]
>OwnBook=false
>
>as posted earlier. However, I continue to get "Shredder 8 already exists." as
>mentioned when I attempt to create a uci engine. What am I doing wrong?
>
>TIA


From an earlier post by somebody else asking the same question:


Hi, I am trying to install Shredder 8 UCI into the Fritz 8 GUI. I already have
>>>the chessbase Shredder installed, when I try to install the Shredder 8 UCI
>>>engine I get a message "Shredder 8 already installed" How do I get them both to
>>>run in this GUI?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Paul
>>
>>If all your engines are in the Chessbase/Engines folder you should be able to
>>run Shredder under Fritz already just by selecting it.
>
>I can do that with the native engine...but the UCI does not show up and when I
>try to install it I get the message above..
>
>Thanks


You have to add it manually.

Create a plain text file named "Shredder 8 UCI.UCI" with following text (do not
copy the "equal signs":

=========================================
[ENGINE]
Name=Shredder 8 UCI
Author=Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Filename=..\Engines\UCI\Shredder8\Shredder8.exe
[OPTIONS]
OwnBook=false
========================================

Now when you select engines, you should see "Shredder 8 UCI" as an optional
engine to select.

Best,

Michael




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