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Subject: Re: Crafty 16.13 from ChessBase site

Author: Steve Lopez

Date: 19:21:19 08/19/99

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On August 19, 1999 at 21:04:29, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 19, 1999 at 17:55:20, Peter Kasinski wrote:
>
>>Does it use Tablebases? If yes, where should they be placed?
>>What is the meaning of Engine Parameter "Trojan Check"?
>>
>>Thank you,
>>PK
>
>
>Normally it wants them in a sub-directory named "TB".  But you can use
>the tbpath= option to change that to anything you like(in the crafty.rc
>file).
>
>trojan check is a variable that will stop crafty from falling for the
>trojan horse attack, although it might make it play funny in some rare
>positions.
>
>I am not even sure that crafty.rc works with the chessbase code, however,
>so 'caveat emptor'...

The Hiarcs engine at the ChessBase site finds the location of the tablebases by
using the file chssbase.ini (in the \Windows folder) rather than crafty.rc

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