Author: John R. Menke, Sr.
Date: 08:34:37 08/01/99
A time-saving tip... When I load Hiarcs 7.32 it takes 45-60 seconds to initialize the tablebases. That's a big waste of time, because I only need the tablebases if there are only a few pieces remaining. Things that failed to work: Changing the cache size in c:Windows\ChssBase.ini doesn't have much effect on the initialization time. Insofar as I've been able to discover, it also has no effect to change the engine parameters from within the Hiarcs (Fritz) interface, or to edit the engines.ini or f5.ini files -- because the tablebases still attempt to initialize each time Hiarcs 7.32 is loaded. THE SOLUTION... I created a new empty folder "TBs" at c:\PROGRAM FILES\CHESSBASE\TBs. Then I edited the tablebase reference in c:Windows\ChssBase.ini file as follows: [Tablebase] Path=c:\PROGRAM FILES\CHESSBASE\TBs rem Path=D:\TBs rem CacheSizeKB=2048 Now when I load Hiarcs 7.32, it takes zero seconds to initialize the tablebases! --JRM
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