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Subject: Re: Onlline tablebases in Shredder 9 UCI

Author: Derek Winter

Date: 11:49:13 02/21/05

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On February 21, 2005 at 14:35:54, Gabor Szots wrote:

>On February 21, 2005 at 14:08:42, Derek Winter wrote:
>
>>I have read the Shredder 9 UCI allows use of online tablebases but it is unclear
>>how to do that.
>> The Shredder Help file gives these enigmatic instructions:
>> "Shredder can directly access a huge online endgame database in the Internet
>>where all available endgame databases with 3 - 6 pieces are stored. Simply click
>>on "Online" in the moves window when it is set to endgame databases."
>>
>>   But there are no instructions on how to "set it to endgame databases" nor on
>>how to find "Online".
>> Has anyone been able to do this or has it perhaps not yet been implemented?
>>
>>                        Thanks, Derek
>
>There are different types of moves window, of which one is the endgame
>tablebases window. You can select the type by right clicking in the moves
>window. If you have selected endgame (or automatic, which means that the UCI
>will switch to endgames if there are only a few pieces on the board), a button
>with "online" appears at the bottom of the window.
>
>Gábor

Thanks, Gabob, but I don't have those choices when I right-click the moves
window. My choices are "Flip Board", "Wild Card", etc.
   There is no choice like "automatic" or "endgame". How did you get that
choice?
           Thanks, Derek



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