Hagrid and Chessbase (Fritz 6) GUI

[Roger Brown]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Roger Brown at 03 April 2002 07:27:47:

Hello all (and in particular Tony Thomas),
Hagrid, all three releases so far, functions quite well in the Fritz 6 gui. Apparently it installs as a UCI engine so it requires the UCI to WB adapter by Roland Pfister (my apologies for any errors with the spelling!)which is available on Frank Quisinsky's excellent chess site.
It requires -xboard in the command line of Hagrid XXX init. It handed me my head a couple of times so be careful. Please see below for my init and rc files details. Modify as applicable. I hope this helps.
Of course I expect that by the time this gets posted it will already be dated. Sigh. Now if I could get Shredder 3 to work in Winboard....
Have fun.
Later.

[Parameter]
CommandLine = -xboard
Author = Klaus Friedel
Engine = Hagrid 0.6.32
Debug = False
[Support]
AnalyzeMode = False
PonderMode = False


#############################
#
# Adapter Resource Control
#
#############################
#
# Exe-Name
exe=engine.exe
#
# Directory
dir=c:\Program Files\ChessBase\Engines\Hagrid632\
#
# Hashtable size in MB (*not* for UCI)
Hash=36
#
# Tablebase Path (*not* for UCI)
# tbpath=d:\program files\shredder5\tb
tbpath=c:\TB
#
# Tablebase Cache in MB (*not* for UCI)
tbcache=4
# Style: Aggressive, Active, Normal, Solid
style=Normal
# for DeepShredder
threads=1
#

[Klaus Friedel]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Klaus Friedel at 03 April 2002 09:27:55:
Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: Hagrid and Chessbase (Fritz 6) GUI geschrieben von: / posted by: Roger Brown at 03 April 2002 07:27:47:

Hello all (and in particular Tony Thomas),
Hagrid, all three releases so far, functions quite well in the Fritz 6 gui. Apparently it installs as a UCI engine so it requires the UCI to WB adapter by Roland Pfister (my apologies for any errors with the spelling!)which is available on Frank Quisinsky's excellent chess site.
It requires -xboard in the command line of Hagrid XXX init. It handed me my head a couple of times so be careful. Please see below for my init and rc files details. Modify as applicable. I hope this helps.
Of course I expect that by the time this gets posted it will already be dated. Sigh. Now if I could get Shredder 3 to work in Winboard....
Have fun.
Later.
[Parameter]
CommandLine = -xboard
Author = Klaus Friedel
Engine = Hagrid 0.6.32
Debug = False
[Support]
AnalyzeMode = False
PonderMode = False

#############################
#
# Adapter Resource Control
#
#############################
#
# Exe-Name
exe=engine.exe
#
# Directory
dir=c:\Program Files\ChessBase\Engines\Hagrid632\
#
# Hashtable size in MB (*not* for UCI)
Hash=36
#
# Tablebase Path (*not* for UCI)
# tbpath=d:\program files\shredder5\tb
tbpath=c:\TB
#
# Tablebase Cache in MB (*not* for UCI)
tbcache=4
# Style: Aggressive, Active, Normal, Solid
style=Normal
# for DeepShredder
threads=1
#

Has anybody ever got Hagrid working under Fritz 6 with its native UCI support ? Most Winboard adapters send a "new" command before each move making Hagrid clear all Hashtables.
So it plays much worse than with native UCI support.
Klaus

[Günther Simon]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Günther Simon at 03 April 2002 11:08:39:
Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: Re: Hagrid and Chessbase (Fritz 6) GUI geschrieben von: / posted by: Klaus Friedel at 03 April 2002 09:27:55:

Hello all (and in particular Tony Thomas),
Hagrid, all three releases so far, functions quite well in the Fritz 6 gui. Apparently it installs as a UCI engine so it requires the UCI to WB adapter by Roland Pfister (my apologies for any errors with the spelling!)which is available on Frank Quisinsky's excellent chess site.
It requires -xboard in the command line of Hagrid XXX init. It handed me my head a couple of times so be careful. Please see below for my init and rc files details. Modify as applicable. I hope this helps.
Of course I expect that by the time this gets posted it will already be dated. Sigh. Now if I could get Shredder 3 to work in Winboard....
Have fun.
Later.
[Parameter]
CommandLine = -xboard
Author = Klaus Friedel
Engine = Hagrid 0.6.32
Debug = False
[Support]
AnalyzeMode = False
PonderMode = False

#############################
#
# Adapter Resource Control
#
#############################
#
# Exe-Name
exe=engine.exe
#
# Directory
dir=c:\Program Files\ChessBase\Engines\Hagrid632\
#
# Hashtable size in MB (*not* for UCI)
Hash=36
#
# Tablebase Path (*not* for UCI)
# tbpath=d:\program files\shredder5\tb
tbpath=c:\TB
#
# Tablebase Cache in MB (*not* for UCI)
tbcache=4
# Style: Aggressive, Active, Normal, Solid
style=Normal
# for DeepShredder
threads=1
#

Has anybody ever got Hagrid working under Fritz 6 with its native UCI support ? Most Winboard adapters send a "new" command before each move making Hagrid clear all Hashtables.
So it plays much worse than with native UCI support.
Klaus

Hello Klaus,
Fritz6 has/d no UCI support as this came much later with F7 and S6 )
but you are right about the WB adapter.
Regards,
Günther

[Roger Brown]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Roger Brown at 03 April 2002 13:24:47:
Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: Re: Hagrid and Chessbase (Fritz 6) GUI geschrieben von: / posted by: Günther Simon at 03 April 2002 11:08:39:

Has anybody ever got Hagrid working under Fritz 6 with its native UCI support ? Most Winboard adapters send a "new" command before each move making Hagrid clear all Hashtables.
So it plays much worse than with native UCI support.
Klaus

Hello Klaus,
Fritz6 has/d no UCI support as this came much later with F7 and S6 )
but you are right about the WB adapter.
Regards,
Günther

Hello gentlemen,
Of course I am willing to defer to your explanation of the effects that the adapter has on the typical Winboard engine but for those of us patzers (alright so it's only me!) who play against these engines in the Chessbase environment, we get mauled with distressing regularity.
I shudder to think what the story would be if there was no weakening!!
I write for the Fritz 6 (for whatever odd reason that they might have ) users among us. They are out there.........
Brrrr, chilling thought...
Later.

[Roger Brown]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Roger Brown at 03 April 2002 13:28:35:
Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: Re: Hagrid and Chessbase (Fritz 6) GUI geschrieben von: / posted by: Günther Simon at 03 April 2002 11:08:39:

Has anybody ever got Hagrid working under Fritz 6 with its native UCI support ? Most Winboard adapters send a "new" command before each move making Hagrid clear all Hashtables.
So it plays much worse than with native UCI support.
Klaus

Hello Klaus,
Fritz6 has/d no UCI support as this came much later with F7 and S6 )
but you are right about the WB adapter.
Regards,
Günther

Hello gentlemen,
Of course I am willing to defer to your explanation of the effects that the adapter has on the typical Winboard engine but for those of us patzers (alright so it's only me!) who personally play against these engines in the Chessbase environment, we get mauled with distressing regularity.
I shudder to think what the story would be if there was no weakening!!
Hmmm, maybe the clearing out of the hashtables describes a typical patzer's approach to the game ie. where did that queen come from to deliver that mate in two? I did not see it a minute ago!
I write for the Fritz 6 (for whatever odd reason that they might have ) users among us. They are out there.........
Brrrr, chilling thought...
Later.

[Roger Brown]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Roger Brown at 03 April 2002 15:33:05:
Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: Re: Hagrid and Chessbase (Fritz 6) GUI geschrieben von: / posted by: Roger Brown at 03 April 2002 13:24:47:

The trigger finger is a wee bit too quick. Sigh.,
Later.