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Subject: Re: Fritz 5.32 engines books

Author: Manuel J. Petit de Gabriel

Date: 12:25:23 04/30/99

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On April 30, 1999 at 11:32:49, José Carlos wrote:

>  Does anyone know if is it possible to make Winboard freeware engines (included
>in F532 GUI using Winboard.eng) use their own books? I know how to translate pgn
>files into ctg, but most engines use different format for their books.
>  I believe it's not fair to test the engines with a commong book, cause their
>authors have spent time configuring their own opening.
>  If some of the freeware engines programmers used a pgn file to make their
>books, I'd thank they tell me (and send me, if possible) to convert it into a
>ctg and use in Fritz for making tourneys.
>
>  Thakns!
>
>  José C.

Try the following:

 i) create a empty opening book (empty.ctg)
ii) When inviting an engine to the tournament, press 'select book' and
    select empty.ctg as the opening book for that engine.

I have not tested it but think it should work.


manuel,




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