Importing engines into ChessGUI
I have neither Winboard nor Arena installed on my computer.
Can some people test importing Winboard or Arena engines into ChessGUI 0.218 and report here ?
Matthias.
Importing engines into ChessGUI
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Importing engines into ChessGUI
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Re: Importing engines into ChessGUI
My engine was quite strong till I added knowledge to it.
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Re: Importing engines into ChessGUI
After import of about 6000 engines, I see some strange behaviors.
For instance, most commands that have anything to do with engines take a very long time (e.g. 5 minutes or so of hanging).
The "Edit Engine" took about 1/2 hour to show up.
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Re: Importing engines into ChessGUI
6000 ? ChessGUI was designed for 5000Dann Corbit wrote:After import of about 6000 engines, I see some strange behaviors.
For instance, most commands that have anything to do with engines take a very long time (e.g. 5 minutes or so of hanging).
The "Edit Engine" took about 1/2 hour to show up.

I should have put an import limit somewhere.
You can delete ChsGUI_Eng.TXT and ChsGUI_Cfg.ini and wait for a ChessGUI update.
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Re: Importing engines into ChessGUI
Puh-leeze. Anyone serious about chess knows that 6000 is the lower limit.Matthias Gemuh wrote:6000 ? ChessGUI was designed for 5000Dann Corbit wrote:After import of about 6000 engines, I see some strange behaviors.
For instance, most commands that have anything to do with engines take a very long time (e.g. 5 minutes or so of hanging).
The "Edit Engine" took about 1/2 hour to show up..
I should have put an import limit somewhere.
You can delete ChsGUI_Eng.TXT and ChsGUI_Cfg.ini and wait for a ChessGUI update.
Matthias.
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Re: Importing engines into ChessGUI
I have never tested beyond 2000Albert Silver wrote:Puh-leeze. Anyone serious about chess knows that 6000 is the lower limit.Matthias Gemuh wrote:
6000 ? ChessGUI was designed for 5000.
I should have put an import limit somewhere.
You can delete ChsGUI_Eng.TXT and ChsGUI_Cfg.ini and wait for a ChessGUI update.
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Re: Importing engines into ChessGUI
Matthias Gemuh wrote:
I have never tested beyond 2000![]()
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Hello Matthias,
This is Dann Corbit.
The man has terabytes of engines and chess related data
He will break anything.....
Later.
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Re: Importing engines into ChessGUI
If I augment the max supported engines to 9999, Dann may still need more within the next 5 years, I think.Roger Brown wrote:Matthias Gemuh wrote:
I have never tested beyond 2000![]()
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Hello Matthias,
This is Dann Corbit.
The man has terabytes of engines and chess related data
He will break anything.....
Later.

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Re: Importing engines into ChessGUI
Dann,Dann Corbit wrote:After import of about 6000 engines, I see some strange behaviors.
For instance, most commands that have anything to do with engines take a very long time (e.g. 5 minutes or so of hanging).
The "Edit Engine" took about 1/2 hour to show up.
I updated http://www.chessgui.com/chess/ChessGUI.zip
Delete ChsGUI_Eng.TXT and ChsGUI_Cfg.ini if they contain only imported engines, and then import again.
Does "Edit Engine" still take hours ?
Matthias.
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Re: Importing engines into ChessGUI
I will give it a try.