Author: gerold daniels
Date: 10:38:54 07/14/05
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On July 14, 2005 at 13:32:38, Ted Summers wrote: >Hopefully this will be a cleaner set of directions on how to use your chess >engines with the Chess Assistant Club Interface. > >1st: Open the C:\Program Files\ChessPlanet\EngOpt.ini file with any Text Editor. > >2nd: Locate the Program List Section. It should look like sample below: > >[Programslist] >Count=2 >ChessProgram1=Delfi||10|30000||2|0 >ChessProgram2=Dragon||9|30000||2|0 > >To add your chess engines you need to understand some of what the above means. >This is what I have learned so far. Please note that the chess engines Delfi & >Dragon are built in engines. This is why these will be the only engines without >a path statement. You should format the statements for the chess engines you >want to add like example A below: > >Example A: > >ChessProgram#=Engine_Name|Dirctory_Path\Engine_EXE |#|#####|#|# > >or > >ChessProgram#=Engine_Name|Dirctory_Path\Engine_EXE |1|22222|3|4 > >By now you might be wondering what to the numbers mean. So I will tell all that >I know so far. > >Count=# (Here # is the number chess engines you want listed) >ChessProgram# (Here # is for listing order. Aka= The order the engine names are >listed) > >Now notice the four sets of numbers following the Engine_EXE > >The first number is for ENGINE TYPE. > >I have learned of 3 Engine Types and they are: > >6=UCI ENGINES >7=WINBOARD ENGINES >8=CRAFTY ENGINES > >The second set of numbers I have no clue as to what it means. >The third set of numbers is for HASHTABLE size in Megabytes. >The fouth set of numbers I also have no clue as to what it means at this time. > >The is what the edited section might look like: > >[Programslist] >Count=8 >ChessProgram1=Smarthink|C:\Smarthink\Smarthink.exe|7|30000||8|0 >ChessProgram2=Fruit|C:\fruit_21\Fruit_21.exe|6|30000||8|0 >ChessProgram3=Crafty|C:\Crafty SSE\crafty1919sse2.exe|8|30000||8|0 >ChessProgram4=Shredder|C:\ShredderChess\EngineShredder9UCI.exe|6|30000||8|0 >ChessProgram5=Delfi||10|30000||2|0 >ChessProgram6=Dragon||9|30000||8|0 > >I hope some might find this information useful. So far I have got every UCI or >Winboard chess engine that I use to work. Below are links with info about the >online chess interface. > >http://www.chessassistantclub.com > >http://chessassistantclub.com/program_eng.html HiTed . Thanks for the infor. I been trying to play with the engines already in there and can't get them to work . How do i setup for engine vs. engine on line. Thanks in advance. any help on this will be appreciated. Gerold.
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