Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 05:24:12 01/02/06
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On January 02, 2006 at 08:17:55, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On January 02, 2006 at 08:13:04, Sune Larsson wrote: > >>On January 02, 2006 at 07:38:12, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >> >>>On January 02, 2006 at 04:00:38, Sune Larsson wrote: >>> >>>>On January 02, 2006 at 00:54:13, Peter Skinner wrote: >>>> >>>>>On January 02, 2006 at 00:29:22, James T. Walker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I don't own CB9 but in the Fritz/similiar GUIs you can just enter the moves or >>>>>>the final position and search by "position". It will yield all games in the >>>>>>database with the final position. Does that help? >>>>>>Jim >>>>> >>>>>I am trying that, and it is not giving me any results. It is frustrating me to >>>>>no end. >>>>> >>>>>I will try to load my database into the regular Fritz interface and see if that >>>>>will work. >>>>> >>>>>Peter >>>> >>>> >>>> hmmmm...look in your explorer for your Monsterbase files - if you have a file >>>> called Monsterbase.cbb (searchbooster) throw that one away - open CB9 - >>>> follow the advice you got here in other posts - search position - then you >>>> should be asked if you want to create a search booster - answer ok - it >>>> will take some minutes - then you have a fresh Monsterbase.cbb - and should >>>> get results. That's how it works in CB8. For some reason this search booster >>>> screws up when you add games to the base... >>> >>>Give it a short moment of reflection. The reason isnt spooky - it's just that >>>you have probably NOT continued to build the search booster and for this >>>normally helping file your new games are inexistent. For this case you made the >>>half-true advise that the file should be deleted. But give it another moment of >>>reflection. Isnt it second-best to delete a big and helpful file only because >>>you didnt add a couple of new games? The correct solution is always updating >>>this booster file. >> >> >> No - at least CB8 didn't always work properly when updating the booster file. >> This is old knowledge. That's why I recommend throwing the old one and building >> a new. I'm sorry, but your "correct solution" is just wrong here. > >Intersting. And how come that Peter didnt speak about CB8 _at all_? He has CB9 >and didnt find any games and I had the same result. So I can see very quickly >that your _true_ comment on CB8 is no use here. :) And of course you know it all as usual...:) I described how the search booster works in CB8 - so this trick can be tried in CB9 also. What makes you so sure that the search booster so dramatically has improved from CB8 to CB9? If you cannot verfify that - then I'm afraid your comment has juat nada substance and more reflects your known besserwisser attitude. /S > > >> >> /S >> >> >> >> >>> >>>> >>>> Good luck >>>> /S
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