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Subject: Re: Confirmed - Re: Newest GUI8-update -> no access to tablebase files

Author: F. Huber

Date: 13:17:48 01/11/05

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On January 11, 2005 at 15:57:13, David H. McClain wrote:

>On January 11, 2005 at 15:41:03, Christopher Morgan wrote:
>
>>On January 11, 2005 at 14:24:18, Brian Kostick wrote:
>>
>>>On January 11, 2005 at 14:19:51, Christopher Morgan wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 11, 2005 at 13:31:54, Franz Hagra wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>nice work ChessBase  - thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>Hagra
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I just confirmed this. TBs consulted in CB9 in a couple of endgames
>>>>down to under five pieces (immediate solution for all moves), but not in the
>>>>"updated" Fritz family GUI (continuing analysis), using several different
>>>>engines.
>>>>
>>>>Now what?  How do we fix?
>>>>
>>>>Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>Chris,
>>>
>>>  Is this the online update or one of the manual download updates? Just so as I
>>>will avoid it until a fix is done. Thanks, BK
>>
>>BK,
>>
>>This was the online update, and, unfortunately, I did not save the old
>>gui8update file. The online upgrade just writes over the old one and does not
>>tell you it is doing so.  Talk about hubris!  Save that, then after updating
>>with either the online update or a manual one (both should be the same) run the
>>update again with the old update file.  Hopefully, that will fix the problem.
>>Maybe someone here who did save the old one would be kind enough to make it
>>available to those of us who didn't.  I don't think that would be giving away
>>and CB product that you normally would pay for.  Right??
>>
>>Chris
>
>Chris,
>
>Since the beginning of this fiasco, I saved several GUI updates including
>12/6/2004, 12/27/2004.  Since they were available for public download, I would
>imagine they can be freely sent.  After all, we are beta testing for Cheesebase
>to see what works!
>
>The latest one is dated 1/11/2005 but is the same size as the one of 12/6/2004.
>I'm afraid to try it............... :(.  If you want one, post here and I'll
>send it to you. DHM

Hi Chris,

with your "Since the beginning of this fiasco..." you´re absolutely right,
but this started already with the very first GUI update in Dec. 2004!

So better forget all those files and use the last reliable one from April 2004:
http://www.playchess.com/updates/gui8.iup

Regards,
Franz.



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