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by **Olivier Deville** » 25 Nov 2004, 09:23

I tried to make GK to work under Arena using BookThinker.

What I get is this :

As white, BookThinker plays only the first move and gets back to GK for the next moves.

As Black, GK plays from the start (BookThinker is not used).

I don't want to post too many debog files here... Please could somebody try the experiment ?

Olivier

by **Volker Pittlik** » 25 Nov 2004, 09:38

Olivier Deville wrote:I tried to make GK to work under Arena using BookThinker.

What I get is this :

As white, BookThinker plays only the first move and gets back to GK for the next moves.

As Black, GK plays from the start (BookThinker is not used).

I don't want to post too many debog files here... Please could somebody try the experiment ?

Olivier

Which version of booktinker do you use? I'm testing Alex WBTM and it turned out the newest version doesn't work for me at all. I can create books but they are not used. Older versions work fine. I *guess* this is a problem with bookthinker.

Two examples:

Code: Select all: 3235 >first : force StartChildProcess (dir="F:\schach\ChessBase\Engines\UCI\Shredder8") Bookthinker+Shredder8 polyglot 3735 >second: xboard 3735 >second: new random 3735 >second: level 0 2 0 3735 >second: post 3735 >second: hard 3735 >second: easy 3735 >second: force 3735 >first : computer 3735 >second: computer 3735 >first : time 12000 otim 12000 3735 >first : go 3750 <second: BookThinker 2.1b. Copyright (c) Lance Perkins 3750 <second: Freeware. No warranties whatsoever. 3750 <second: 5703 <first : move d2d4 5703 >second: time 12000 otim 11803 5703 >second: d2d4 5703 >second: black 5703 >second: go 5781 <second: move g8f6 5781 >first : time 11803 otim 11992 5781 >first : usermove 5781 >first : g8f6 6235 <first : move c2c4 Interrupting second ...and so on for several bookmoves 11594 <first : move d1b3 Interrupting second 11594 >second: time 11890 otim 11323 11594 >second: d1b3 11688 <second: PolyGlot 1.1 by Fabien Letouzey 16219 <second: 1 +43 2 1 Re8 16250 <second: 2 +30 2 86 Re8 Qc2 16250 <second: 3 +38 2 454 Re8 Rab1 Nd7 16250 <second: 4 +25 2 1121 Re8 Rab1 Nd7 Qc2

Here Polyglot/Shredder started and everything ran as expected.

Now the newest Bookthinker:

Code: Select all: 15219 >first : force StartChildProcess (dir="F:\schach\ChessBase\Engines\UCI\Shredder8") Bookthinker+Shredder8 polyglot 16453 >second: xboard 16453 >second: new random 16453 >second: level 0 2 0 16453 >second: post 16453 >second: hard 16453 >second: easy 16453 >second: force 16453 >first : computer 16453 >second: computer 16453 >first : time 12000 otim 12000 16453 >first : go 16453 <second: BookThinker 2.3a. Copyright (c) Lance Perkins 16453 <second: Freeware. No warranties whatsoever. 16453 <second: 17359 <first : move c2c4 17390 >second: time 12000 otim 11906 17390 >second: c2c4 17390 >second: black 17390 >second: go 17469 <second: PolyGlot 1.1 by Fabien Letouzey 27890 <second: 1 +31 2 2 d5 cxd5

Out of book immediately although everything was created using all the newest versions of makebook, bookthinker...
This happened under Winboard.

Regards

Volker

by **Olivier Deville** » 25 Nov 2004, 09:50

Hi Volker

I just download it from Lance's site, so it is the last version (2.3a).

Where can I download the old good one ?

Olivier

by **Volker Pittlik** » 25 Nov 2004, 11:17

Olivier Deville wrote:Hi Volker

I just download it from Lance's site, so it is the last version (2.3a).

Where can I download the old good one ?

Olivier

That's the same version I have problems with. I can sent you two old version Alex send me for testing. Right now I'm working on the diagrams and I don't have time to test other things.

Volker

by **Olivier Deville** » 25 Nov 2004, 11:39

Yes Volker, please send me the old bookthinker

Olivier

by **Olivier Deville** » 25 Nov 2004, 12:21

Got your mail, Volker, many thanks.

Version 2.1a works

if you rebuild the book (books created with the last makebook won't work).

I tested the broadcast too, and it is OK, very good news for my D tournament.

GK was easy to set up (WB engine, no command line), I still have to look at some other engines).

Olivier

by **Volker Pittlik** » 25 Nov 2004, 12:34

Olivier Deville wrote:Got your mail, Volker, many thanks.

Version 2.1a works if you rebuild the book (books created with the last makebook won't work)....

2.1b works here too. I guess we should inform Lance.

Regards

Volker

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