Re: [Chessdb-users] Problem with chessdb interfacing Crafty

[Eric Ste-M. <er...@st...>]

I just tried with Crafty 18.9 and it works properly...

On 2/18/07, Dr. David Kirkby <dav...@on...> wrote:
>
> ESM wrote:
> > I have a situation where I setup positions but crafty won't return
>
> > I also tried something else.  I played  a game from the beginning  and
> > reached the previous position.  The analysis stops when I reach a
> > position in the EGTB.    I try to play it in training mode but without
> > success.
> >
> >
> > Any Idea?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
>
> What operating system are you using?
>
> I have found the problem you say with crafty versions >19.9 on Solaris
> with both Shanes Scid and ChessDB. I discussed it with Robert Hyatt
> (Crafty's author) some time back, but despite spending some time trying
> to find the problem, I was never able to. I guess it will have to be
> revisited. This is what Robert said
>
>
> ---------
> "OK, it is more than possible that the API for Crafty has changed here
> and there, and SCID might be using old commands that no longer work as
> they used to or something similar.  That would certainly produce
> "issues"...
>
> Bob
> ---------
>
> Try it with an older Crafty and let us know.
>