Author: William Penn
Date: 08:56:42 10/29/05
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On October 29, 2005 at 11:15:42, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On October 29, 2005 at 08:46:00, William Penn wrote: > >>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 > > He William > Shredder can't use other books. But to play > an engine match between Toga and Shredder both > using the Shredder book, just load at first > Toga, choose Engine Options and delete the > words "book_small.bin" in the opening box. > Then you can start an engine match giving > both engines the same bkt. > Regards > Kurt Thanks for your reply. That sounds logical but it doesn't work. I tried. I followed your instructions. Toga ignores the Shredder book and begins calculating from the first, eventually moving 1.Nc3 with white. Need I say more? Then Shredder started calculating its first move with black, eventually moving 1...d5 after almost 2 minutes of thinking. So Toga ignores the Shredder book, and Shredder itself won't use it instantly. Something is basically wrong. What? Note the I'm using the Shredder Classic GUI, the one what comes with Shredder 9. WP
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