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Subject: newbie engine match question - opening books problem

Author: William Penn

Date: 05:46:00 10/29/05


I'm a newbie with engine matches, so have a stupid question...

I'm trying to setup a match between Shredder 9 UCI and Toga II 1.0 [Pascal] in
the Shredder Classic GUI.

The problem is that if I select the Shredder opening book for both engines, Toga
ignores it and uses no opening book, while Shredder takes a long time to make
its opening moves. Shredder is calculating the opening moves rather than using
its book! So under those conditions Shredder has a big disadvantage timewise
from the start, and there's no reason to run the match!

If I check the box for Toga to use its engine book, then it plays reasonable
opening moves, and it plays them instantly. However I want both engines to use
the same book. I would be happy if Shredder could also use the Toga engine book,
but doubt that can be done(?). I don't really care what opening book is used so
long as both engines will use it!

I don't want to run the match without any opening book which produces ridiculous
games. So how do I make both engines use the same opening book, and make both of
them play the opening moves quickly from book (and not calculate them)?
WP



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