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Subject: Re: Junior 9 Download how from Playchess?

Author: Graham Banks

Date: 16:59:56 01/03/05

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On January 03, 2005 at 18:24:25, paul bedrey wrote:

>On January 03, 2005 at 16:33:06, Graham Banks wrote:
>
>>On January 03, 2005 at 16:29:07, Stephen Ham wrote:
>>
>>>Dear readers,
>>>
>>>I just received my copy of Junior 9 today, which I will review at ChessCafe.com,
>>>as I did earlier with Shredder.
>>>
>>>Given my excitement, I've not yet read the "read me" file or viewed Amir's media
>>>file (I will tonight, though). But given that the engine is marketed as having a
>>>"special strength in its understanding of compensation." I take that to mean
>>>that it comprehends when a material deficit is compensated for by active play.
>>>
>>>If my understanding is correct, then I have an ideal position in mind from one
>>>of my correspondence games, given that both sides frequently offered exchange
>>>sacrifices, most of which were declined. So I quickly tested that game by
>>>playing through a few moves with Junior. During this, Junior 9 locked up on my
>>>screen and generated a message stating "Junior 9 caused an exception." This
>>>happen 3-times in about 30-minutes of testing. What does that mean? Is this an
>>>engine problem, a GUI problem, or a hardware (e.g. memory) problem? How does one
>>>resolve this problem.
>>>
>>>Obviously, in my haste, I've yet to download the latest CB GUI, but have read
>>>complaints about it. Yet, others seem happy with J9.0.0.2. What is the latest
>>>verdict on J9's CB upgrade?
>>>
>>>All the best,
>>>
>>>Stephen
>>
>>
>>Hi Stephen
>>
>>you should download the 9.0.0.2 patch. If you have other Chessbase programs, I'd
>>then run the Junior 9.0.0.2 engine through one of those.
>>
>>Graham.
>
>Hi Graham,
>
>I just received my Junior 9 also today and also got the "exception" message.
>I went to playchess.com but did not see how or where I could access the latest
>version of Junior 9. Its been a long time but I seem to recall that if accessing
>this site with Junior9 Gui it should have automatically checked my version and
>given me the latest Junior and Gui updates. Am I mistaken and if so where did I
>go wrong?
>
>Thanks,
>Paul


There was a link to the download posted on this forum and the CCS forum. I'll
try and find it.

Graham.



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