LINKING PLAYING ENGINES Clause Samples

LINKING PLAYING ENGINES. RYBKA, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, DELFI , CRAFTY and DRAGON are built-in and do not require linking. All other programs you plan on using, must be linked to RYBKA & CHESS OPENINGS 2009 according to the following procedure. Naturally, the program you’re linking to RYBKA & CHESS OPENINGS 2009 must already be installed on your computer. The window shown in the next figure can be called up in five ways: • By selecting Engines | Engines setup; • By selecting Tools | Options | Engines; • By selecting Tools | Engines setup; • By clicking on the small arrow to the right of the icon in the toolbar and selecting Chess engines setup from the drop-down menu; • By pressing [Alt] [F11]. In the lower pane there is a list of the linked Engines with their Name, Type, Path and Parameters, and built-in engines are already present in the list. To link other programs, click on Add, and the Edit chess program parameters window will appear. Choose engine’s Type from the drop-down list, specify the Path with the help of the button with three dots and enter the program name in the Name text box. If you ▇▇▇▇ the Allow CA to use Endgame TB check box then, as soon as a position available in the tablebases arises on the board, RYBKA & CHESS OPENINGS 2009 will use variations and evaluations from the tablebases instead of the moves suggested by the playing engine. Choose the Opening book from the drop-down list and adjust it in the Setting books against opponents window which appears after pressing the Advanced button. The Parameters pane allows you to adjust some settings of the linked engines, therefore it looks different depending on the selected Type. In any case, the Hash tables size is the most important parameter. In order to have RYBKA & CHESS OPENINGS 2009 operate at maximum speed, the default value is 8 MB, but it makes good sense to increase this setting. ☞ Tip: The hash tables play a very important role in analysis. To achieve analysis of the highest quality, we recommend that you analyze with one engine at a time and set its Hash tables size calculated as the total amount of your computer’s RAM divided in 2. To edit an item in the Engines list, click on Edit, and the Edit chess program parameters window will appear. Enter your modifications and press OK. To delete an engine from the list, press the Remove button. Linking the NALIMOV tablebases To link the NALIMOV tablebases to RYBKA & CHESS OPENINGS 2009, open the Tools | engines setup window and specify the path to the folder where they are...