Author: Gabor Szots
Date: 12:23:26 02/21/05
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On February 21, 2005 at 14:49:13, Derek Winter wrote: >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 Via the "Window" menu item or via CTRL-F5 you can bring up the moves window. Did you do that? It is this window where you have to right click; don't mistake it for the notation window (in which the moves of the current game can be found). I have to tell you that I did not know all this before you asked. I opened Shredder and tried to see what I could do. Some experiment can never hurt before you ask...
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