Author: Christopher Morgan
Date: 15:12:28 01/11/05
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On January 11, 2005 at 16:38:50, Christopher Morgan wrote: >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 Re-updating the GUI with the April 2004 update does not fix the problem of no access to tablebases. I guess I will have to wait until CB gets around to it. Chris
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