Chess Forum / Computer / February 2005

Ok, ok, ok.... I've got TheKing running in Junior using WB2UCI and it was
working fine except that it played all its moves in a billionth of a second
without taking any time to think. So I installed the patch with the file
"OPK_Patch_All_Versions". Now it makes one move and then ...

Can someone have a go at this please and let me know what you get?
File, New, Board
Enter the moves 1. e4 e6, 2. d4 c5.
Press shift+f7 (search in reference database)

Anyone heard when F9 will be released ?

I am looking to have a computer account on FICS. I am very interested
in learning more about engines, their programming and how they fare
against others (both computer and human).
The problem is I don't have an engine and don't know how to build one.

I re-installed fritz8 receintly and now when I play online and try to use my
serial number it says "Serialnumber not valid" but it is a valid number!! It
worked in the past, now, a few months later I'm installing again and it wont
work. Any ideas how to fix this without buying ...

What is fairy chess?  I've come across it in reading about various
engines and user interfaces.  Is it an *alternative* to chess - a
different game?
Puzzled,

Does Fritz ever resign?..I mean in the help file it says if Fritz
sees it's being mated..it won't resign.Is there a way around
that?Just curious..thanks.

I've been dealing with Mike Leahy in intrpreting what the following
error message means when I start Bookup2000 Express. We have had no
success in finding a solution. My OS is WIN98SE. Any suggestions?
"Exception EReadError in module BKUP2KE.EXE at 00014483. Error reading

any opinions on the best (clearest) and strongest handheld LCD chess
computers?
Mephisto Maestro?
Novag Star Sapphire ?  (a lot more money)

I'm most familiar with Winboard and Xboard, but I don't know how to do
this with either of them.  (I realize they're mostly the same software
anyways.)  I have two computers that I'd like to put the same software
on (crafty, mostly) and have them play against each other (without me

i have received chessmaster10 edition, can i play engine-engine? for example
junior9 versus chessmaster? how?
sorry my english thx

Now that Fritz is being sold at consumer outlets, is there any word on
Fritz's market penetration v. Chessmaster?  Chessmaster has historically
been the product with broad consumer appeal, while Fritz had more of a
niche.

I have here a *.exe commandline driven console chess software for
win32. Since this software is difficult to handle, I would like to
create a GUI for this program. I want to edit already existing PGN
files and I would like to setup a new PGN file with the help of a

I can't figure out how to do this common task: how to take an existing
game, then enter a new game with the same headers.
The best I've discovered so far is to open the game window of the game
whose headers are to be copied, right click on the move area, > Copy

I can get CM9000 to play in the Junior GUI but in engine matches it plays
each move in milliseconds. I want it to take its time and think in long
games. How can I acheive this? What is the parameter?