Author: Christopher Morgan
Date: 13:38:50 01/11/05
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On January 11, 2005 at 16:17:48, F. Huber wrote: >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. Franz, THANKS! I downloaded the update, re-naming it at the beginning so I can identify it, and placed it in my new folder, "CB GUI Updates." I'll run it this afternoon (Calif time) and post here what my results are. This does sound like the best solution. Chris
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