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Subject: Re: Little Goliath 2000 v. 2.5 for Download

Author: Michael Fuhrmann

Date: 17:21:37 02/29/00

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On February 29, 2000 at 16:52:29, Volker Pittlik wrote:

>>I need to find out these things.
>
>Unfortunately LG's readme files are not very well done.
>
>>1.How to run it on winboard
>
>The same way as any winboard engine works.
>1. Extract all files in a directory, e.g goliath.
>2. If you like, rename the .exe file to whatever you want, e.g. LG2000V25.


Renaming seems to be a necessity for me. If I leave the exe as "LG2000V2.50"
Winboard can't find it. I just delete the period, and that seems to work. But
should I also delete the periods in "LG2000V2.50.init", "LG2000V2.50.eng" and
"Lg2000v2.50" (the folder that gets created when you unzip)?

>3. Add the engine to your "winboard.ini" file. My ini looks like this:
>
>[...some lines deleted]
>/firstChessProgramNames="GNUChess
>[...some lines deleted]
>\"LG2000V25\" /fd=d:\\Winboard\\goliath
>[...some lines deleted]
>"
>
>[...some lines deleted]
>/secondChessProgramNames="GNUChess
>[...some lines deleted]
>\"LG2000V25\" /sd=d:\\Winboard\\goliath
>[...some lines deleted]
>"
>>2.Its strongest settings
>
>The settings can be changed in the included file "goliath.ini". The initial
>settings coming with the zip-file seems to be not to bad. Possibly you would
>like to adjust the hash table size.
>
>>3.How to adjust or update its opening book
>
>Download the newest books from CSS, Djordje Vidanovic or Michael Borgstaedt.
>Don't change "book=on" and "learning=on" in goliath.ini.
>
>4.How I can work the commands
>
>???
>
>>Note that I never had a clue on how to work The Crazy Bishop.  it's too complex.
>
>winboard.ini: \"TCB0045 TCBxInit.cui\" /fd=d:\\Winboard\\TCB
>
>TCBxInit.cui:
>...
>chesslib
>nalimov
>init d:\winboard\tb_nal
>cache 4194304
>...
>special
>
> ; Opening book
> ; ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> pgnbook <fritz4.pgn
>
> ;x
>
> ; Hash-Tables
>; ~~~~~~~~~~~
>  size 32000000
>
>x
>
>You probably have to adjust the names of the directories to your system.
>
>Please visit Frank Quisinsky's website. You will find a file "config.zip" with
>examples for _all_ engines.
>
>Regards
>
>Volker
>
>
>>Castle2000
>
>>P.S.  Khalifman-Kasparov  1/2-1/2 Round 2 Lineras 2000
>
>Wow! What's wrong with Kasparov?



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