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Subject: Re: PROBLEM WITH ZAPPA 1.0 HELP!

Author: Telmo C. Escobar

Date: 21:13:34 08/06/05

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On August 06, 2005 at 17:45:45, George Speight wrote:

>I am using Fritz chessbase. I downloaded Zappa 1.0 and extracted the contents
>into an engine folderi made for it under chessbase engines. I then entered it
>into my list of chessbase engines. Everything worked fine. Then i downloaded the
>book for the program, and since it is not a ctg. book, i also extracted the
>contents of it into the engines folder. The same way i have done with many other
>freeware programs that i have. When i go to chessbase and pick Zappa to play, i
>have to list some opening book for it to use, or it will use the one from the
>previous engine i had loaded. So i have made and just use an empty folder called
>"own book .ctg" I enter it as the opening book for Zappa to use. Its really
>nothing, for Zappa is using its own opening book located in the engines folder.
>I use the same procedure with Aristarch, Pharaon, Pro Deo, Ruffian, SOS Arena,
>Spike. Works fine for all of them. But Zappa for some reason will not play from
>the opening book like the rest mentioned above will. I play pK4 to start, and
>Zappa will think for 2 minutes before moving. For some reason it is not
>recognizing and/or using the book in the engines folder. I told Graham about
>this, so he sent me his zappa files to download, and i used his instead and the
>same thing happens. I cant get Zappa to use an opening book. Graham says it
>beats him, because it works for him under chessbase, and i am installing
>everything correctly.   Anyone out there with any ideas? This one has me
>stumped!!    Thanks, George

 I believed Zappa to be a Winboard engine. Are you using wb2uci in order to use
Zappa -in Chessbase- as UCI?

  Telmo



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