[Scid-users] Scid.eco B98n Sicilian Najdorf bug...
Hello Alexander, I have looked at the B98n Sicilian Najdorf line and seen this: 1) In Batsford Chess Openings 2 Second Edition page 320-321 the line is 8...QC7 9 O-O-O Nbd7 with the alternative moves of a) 10 Be2 b5! 11 Bxf6 Nxf6 12 e5 Bb7 13 ef Bxf3 14 Bxf3 Bxf6 15 Bxa8 d5 16 Bxd5 Bxd4 b) 10 Qg3 h6 11 Bh4 g5 12 fg Nh5 13 Qe3 Qc5 14 Kb1 hg 15 Bf2 Ne5 16 Qd2 Qc7 c) 10 Bd3 b5 11 Rhe1 Bb7 12 Qg3 b4 13 Nd5 ed 14 e5 de 15 fe Nh5 16 Qh4 Bxg5+ d) 10 Bd3 h6 11 Bh4 g5 12 e5 gh 13 ef Nxf6 14 Rhe1 Bd7 15 Re3 Qb6 16 Bc4 O-O-O e) 10 10 Bd3 h6 11 Bh4 g5 12 fg Ne5 13 Qe2 Nfg4 14 Nf3 hg 15 Bg3 Nxf3 16 gf Ne5 with the footnotes 13-36 on page 321 for a-e above... 2) In Modern Chess Openings 14th Edition on page 245 the Old Main line is 9 O-O-O Nbd7 continued with the alternatives a) 10 g4 b5 11 Bxf6 Nxf6 12 g5 Nd7 13 f5 Nc5?! 14 f6 gxf6 15 gxf6 Bf8 16 Rg1 Bd7 17 Rg7 Bxg7 b) 10 Bd3 b5 11 Rhe1 Bb7 12 Qg3 b4 13 Nd5 exd5 14 e5! dxe5 15 fxe5 Nh5! 16 Qh4 Bxg5 17 Qxg5 g6 c) 10 Bd3 h6 11 Bf4 g5 12 fxg5 Ne5 13 Qe2 Nfg4 14 Nf3 hxg5 15 Bg3 Nxf3 16 Qxf3! Ne5 17 Bxe5 dxe5 d) 10 Qg3 b5! 11 Bxf6 Bxf6 12 Bxb5! O-O! 13 Bxd7 Bxd7 14 e5 dxe5 15 Ne4 exd4 16 Nxf6+ Kh8 17 Nh5 Rg8 with the footnotes a-y on page 245-247 covering other moves... 3) In Nunn's Chess Openings the 6 Bg5 Main Line on page 257 is 9 O-O-O Ndb7 Bd3 h6 Bh4 g5 fxg5 Ne5 Qe2 Nfg4 Nf3 hxg5 Bg3 Bd7 h3 Nxf3 with the footnotes 13-48 on page 257-259 covering alternative moves after 9 O-O-O Nbd7 , so : B98n Sicilian: Najdorf, 8...Qc7 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 * B98n Sicilian: Najdorf, 8...Qc7 9.O-O-O 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nc6 * in scid.eco should be B98n Sicilian: Najdorf, 8...Qc7 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 * instead... Best wishes, Hans Eriksson -- SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ ___ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
Re: [Scid-users] Scid 3.6.24 RC1 Connect Hardware feedback...
Hello all, As to feedback on Scid 3.6.24 rc1 I have this... I noticed that the Connect hardware icon to the right of the Turn the side-to-move icon on or off had NO hinttext displayed when the mouse pointer (arrow) was placed above it id est that it should have an hinttext displayed when the mouse pointer is placed above it like for example Connect hardware and that I saw a few error messages when I tested this feature... It should be noted before writing this that I had NO hardware there to connect so some of the error messages might not be errors in this feature... 1) Click on the Connect hardware icon with a red backwardslash (a red \ above the white and darkgrey icon): Scid: Input Engine Unable to start the program: /home/arwagner/bin/i383/dgtdrv2.i686/dev/tttyUSB0 la OK Input Engine Console sysinfo Sending: Both White Black Info(Not any of Both,White or Black were selected) Application Error Error cannot find channel named can not find channel named can not find channel named while executing puts $pipe $msg (procedure ::inputengine::sendToEngine line 6) invoked from within ::inputengine::sendToEngine sysinfo (procedure ::inputengine::sysinfo line 6) invoked from within ::inputengine::sysinfo invoked from within .inputengineconsole.bInfo invoke (uplevel body line 1) invoked from within uplevel #0 [list $w invoke] (procedure tk::ButtonUp line 24) invoked from within tk::ButtonUp .inputengineconsole.bInfo (command bound to event) 2) Tools/Connect Hardware/Config Application Error Error: named font movefont already ... named font moveFont already exists named font moveFont already exists while executing font create moveFont -family Helvetica -size 39 -weight bold (procedure consoleWindow line 20) invoked from within consoleWindow (procedure ::inputengine::connectdisconnect line 7) invoked from within ::inputengine::connectdisconnect invoked from within .inputengineConfig.f2.bOk invoke (uplevel body line 1) invoked from within uplevel #0 [list $w invoke] (procedure tk::ButtonUp line 24) invoked from within tk::ButtonUp .inputengineConfig.f2.bOk (command bound to event) 3) Tools/Connect Hardware/ToggleConnect Application Error Error: named font movefont already ... named font moveFont already exists named font moveFont already exists while executing font create moveFont -family Helvetica -size 39 -weight bold (procedure consoleWindow line 20) invoked from within consoleWindow (procedure ::inputengine::connectdisconnect line 7) invoked from within ::inputengine::connectdisconnect (menu invoke) 4) Tools/Connect Hardware/Syncronise Application error: Error invalid command name .inputen invalid command name .inputengineconsole.console invalid command name .inputengineconsole.console while executing $t insert end $line\n (procedure updateConsole line 3) invoked from within updateConsole $msg (procedure logEngine line 3) invoked from within logEngine Sync called (procedure ::inputengine::synchronise line 4) invoked from within ::inputengine::synchronise (menu invoke) 5) Tools/Connect Hardware/Sysinfo Application error: Error invalid command name .inputen invalid command name .inputengineconsole.console invalid command name .inputengineconsole.console while executing $t insert end $line\n (procedure updateConsole line 3) invoked from within updateConsole $msg (procedure ::inputengine::logEngine line 3) invoked from within ::inputengine::logEngine $msg (procedure ::inputengine::sendToEngine line 5) invoked from within ::inputengine::sendToEngine sysinfo (procedure ::inputengine::sysinfo line 6) invoked from within ::inputengine::sysinfo (menu invoke) 6) Tools/Connect Hardware/Usercommand Application error: Error invalid command name .inputen invalid command name .inputengineconsole.console invalid command name .inputengineconsole.console while executing $t insert end $line\n (procedure updateConsole line 3) invoked from within updateConsole $msg (procedure ::inputengine::logEngine line 3) invoked from within ::inputengine::logEngine $msg (procedure ::inputengine::sendToEngine line 5) invoked from within ::inputengine::sendToEngine display invoked from within .inputengineSend.f2.bOk invoke (uplevel body line 1) invoked from within uplevel #0 [list $w invoke] (procedure tk::ButtonUp line 24) invoked from within tk::ButtonUp .inputengineSend.f2.bOk (command bound to event) So in short Connect Hardware seems to have problems with missing hinttext for Connect hardware, no Info selected in Input Engine Console, font moveFont id est Helvetica, invalid command name .inputengineconsole.console when I tested it in Windows 98SE... Best wishes, Hans Eriksson
[Scid-users] Wish for Scid to support 9 chess engines for Analysis in the Tools-menu...
Hello all, It would be nice if Scid would support more than two analysis engines in the Tools-menu... Arena 1.99 beta 5 supports 3 chess engines (http://www.playwitharena.com), Fritz 8 etc. can easily display 4 chess engines, ChessGUI 00.88 (http://www.w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/) can handle at least 3 chess engines,,, etc., so it would be nice if Scid would support 9 chess engines instead of two to easily see how different the evaluation of a chess position can be... Best wishes, Hans Eriksson - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
[Scid-users] Polyglot and SCID, PolyGlot 1.4 X 070325 and Cygwin1.dll 1.5.25-4 ...
Hello all, Just a short reply to this: Pascal, The only comment I can make is this: Rybka with polyglot under SCID gives EXACTLY the same analysis results as Rybka under Chessbase GUIs. How can that be wrong in some way? I agree that many times, Rybka under SCID (without Polyglot) finds strong moves sooner than under Chessbase, but the fact is, we need to see that Polyglot / Rybka in combination gives the same result as Chessbase / Rybka and that is, for most of the computer chess population, the definitive reference platform. Thanks for your efforts with this investigation! Roy There are a few different versions of PolyGlot: 1) Polyglot 1.4 http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/download.htm 2) PolyGlot 1.4 X 070325 http://www.weidchess.com/downloads/ where in 2) you can find a link to this: 3) PolyGlot 1.4 X 070325 ReadMe http://www.weidchess.com/downloads/polyglot/polyglot_x_070325.html Obviously PolyGlot 1.4 X 070325 is better than Polyglot 1.4 ... But then you will have to use an updated cygwin1.dll file to get a boost and a stability increasement over version 1.5.24-2 that is uncompatible with Windows MCE,Windows Vista,Windows 2003, Windows 2008,,, etc. like you can see hinted here: 4) Updated: cygwin-1.5.25-5 http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2007-12/msg00023.html 5) Updated: cygwin-1.5.25-7 http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2007-12/msg00036.html 6) Updated: cygwin-1.5.25-11 http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-03/msg00031.html As I wrote for example here: 7) On Cygwin1.dll versions performance... http://f22.parsimony.net/forum41668/messages/47079.htm and here: 8) Cygwin1.dll 1.5.25-4 and Cygwin1.dll 1.5.25-7 ... http://f22.parsimony.net/forum41668/messages/45940.htm so as a brief summary Cygwin1.dll 1.5.25-4 or Cygwin1.dll 1.5.25-7 are both about 10% faster than Cygwin1.dll 1.5.24-2 (Cygwin1.dll 1.5.25-4 is much faster than the other versions and Cygwin1.dll 1.5.25-11 is unbelievable slow id est you will have to check out its performance to believe that it can be that slow...) and they are much better to use with versions of Windows later than Windows 98 SE id est that they will NOT work as they should with Cygwin1.dll 1.5.24-2 so I would suggest that Cygwin1.dll 1.5.25-4 is used instead of Cygwin1.dll 1.5.24-2 ... Best wishes, Hans Eriksson - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
