Chess Giants - full version

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Norbert Raimund Leisner
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Chess Giants - full version

Post by Norbert Raimund Leisner »

Hello,

if you have purchased / made a donation to Pierre-Marie Baty
who distributes Chess Giants http://www.pmbaty.com/chess/ (including Crafty 24.0) and reveived only a standardized message like the following:

"Here is your download link for the Chess Giants software. Note: this link is unique and valid for 24 hours. Be sure to proceed to the download before it expires."

please contact him again to obtain a personal activation key for the demo version.

French website ~ http://www.pmbaty.com/chess/index-fr.html

Best wishes,
Norbert
Sean Evans
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Re: Chess Giants - full version

Post by Sean Evans »

The information at the website is sparse. So, what is happening with Chess Giants is he is offering a retail version of a GUI that can play UCI engines...Correct?

Which ISP's will allow CG to connect?

What is the price for the GUI?

He might want to make a hookup with Chess.com, they really need a GUI, their Internet GUI is junk!

Thanks,

Sean
Norbert Raimund Leisner
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Re: Chess Giants - full version

Post by Norbert Raimund Leisner »

As far I know -Chess Giants has the appearance like former Chess Titans,
but with Crafty 24.0 Engine - I cannot open the help-file,
but the menu shows in principle three possibilities for playing:

> online-mode > ROBOadmin refers to FICS
> game against computer - difficult levels can be used
> match between human opponents

No description about embedding external WinBoard/UCI compatible engines- price 9,90 Euro (december 2013)

Email of the author in France ~ <baty.pm@hotmail.fr> for further questions
or ideas....

Norbert
Norbert Raimund Leisner
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Re: Chess Giants - full version

Post by Norbert Raimund Leisner »

Yes, Chess Giants interface can be used with other CECP/WinBoard-engines - but UCI is not supported at the moment. Author´s comment:

Il est possible de remplacer Crafty par un autre moteur CECP, par exemple Winboard, même si c'est un peu compliqué.

Il faut placer les fichiers du moteur dans le dossier "engine".

Ensuite, dans le fichier config.ini, voir la partie [engine] et faire les changements nécessaires.

name = Crafty v24.0 # nom affiché du moteur
command line = crafty.exe # exécutable
initialization file = init.txt # fichier qui contient les commandes d'initialisation
allowed depth = 10 # profondeur de prédiction souhaitée (en ply)
maximum depth = 20 # profondeur de prédiction maximale affichée dans les options
blunder chances = 0 # pourcentage de chances que le moteur commette une bourde
obstinacy = -1 # nombre de propositions de nul à refuser automatiquement (-1 = accepte tout)
expert mode = false # est-ce que la case à cocher "expert" dans les options est activée
move string = "): " # si le moteur renvoie une ligne qui contient cette suite de caractères, il faut lire un déplacement juste après
hint string = "Hint: " # si le moteur renvoie une ligne qui contient cette suite de caractères, il faut lire un conseil juste après
new game command = new # commande à envoyer au moteur pour commencer une partie
setup table from fen command = setboard # commande à envoyer au moteur pour disposer les pièces sur le plateau, suivie de la notation FEN
search depth set command = sd # commande à envoyer au moteur pour régler la profondeur de prédiction, suivie de la valeur "allowed depth"
play command = go # commande à envoyer au moteur pour lui faire jouer le premier tour
hint command = hint # commande à envoyer au moteur pour lui demander un conseil
force move command = force # commande à envoyer au moteur pour annuler son dernier coup et le forcer à jouer un coup spécifié, suivi de la notation SAN
quit command = quit # commande à envoyer au moteur pour l'éteindre

Le protocole UCI n'est pas supporté pour le moment.

Merci pour m'avoir signalé le bug de la touche F1, je vais y regarder.
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Re: Chess Giants - full version

Post by WuShock »

I bought it a month or two ago because I always missed Chess Titans in W7 , and W8 doesn't have it........ Chess Giants looks and sounds like Chess Titans , so I was happy... The product does seem unfinished in many areas , but the chess game worked. The big problem i had was I found no setting for # of threads/cores ..... I have a quad core , and when playing a game , It would start out using 25% , but maybe in the mid game it was using 50-60% , and then that would interfere with other things I had running........Just my experience.......

Tom