Help with Norm Pollock's namelist

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Tony Thomas

Help with Norm Pollock's namelist

Post by Tony Thomas »

I finally found a tool that would sort players by their name alphabetically with elo rating. It is a commandline tool called name list by Norm Pollock, but the console window exits immediately without giving me any warnings. I tried dependency walker, it said that I was missing dwmapi.dll, so I put that in the C:\windows\system directory and the darn thing still doesnt work.

Any help appreciated
Tony
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Jim Ablett
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Re: Help with Norm Pollock's namelist

Post by Jim Ablett »

Hi Tony,

Don't double-click on 'nameList.exe', instead open a
dos/command line window in the folder where namelist
resides and type command by hand - namelist.exe

This procedure is the same for all of Norm's pgn tools.

rgds,
Jim.
Tony Thomas

Re: Help with Norm Pollock's namelist

Post by Tony Thomas »

Thanks Jim, if you hadnt told me, I would have never figured that out. I got everything working fine...Now it would be much easier for me to create a rating list without any double entries. Only if I can find a tool that would automatically assign rankings to an edited list...

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         Name                 Games    Elo   W=wins : D=draws : L=losses

AICE 0.99.2                    188            78 W  :   33 D  :   77 L
Abrok_5_0 wb                   180            64 W  :   38 D  :   78 L
Adam 3.0                       130            56 W  :   16 D  :   57 L
Adamant 1.7                     83            29 W  :    7 D  :   47 L
Aice 0.98                      143            73 W  :   23 D  :   47 L
AjedrezTactico_273b             72            18 W  :   13 D  :   41 L
Alaric 061011                  372           186 W  :   65 D  :  121 L
Alaric v 061008.exe            100            67 W  :   18 D  :   15 L
AlaricWB707                    152            63 W  :   37 D  :   52 L
Alarm 0.93.1                    70            49 W  :    7 D  :   14 L
Alarm0931                      131            48 W  :   16 D  :   65 L
Alex 1.78                       92            37 W  :   10 D  :   45 L
Alex 1.85                       13             4 W  :    0 D  :    9 L
Alf 1.06                        88            47 W  :   11 D  :   30 L
Alfil 6.4                       26            14 W  :    3 D  :    9 L
Alfil 6.8                      130            62 W  :   21 D  :   47 L
Alfil 6.9                      329           142 W  :   57 D  :  130 L
Alfil 7.3                       88            19 W  :   16 D  :   53 L
Alfil8.04SIMD                  112            73 W  :   25 D  :   14 L
AliChess 4.01                   19             6 W  :    1 D  :   10 L
AliChess 4.06                  138            65 W  :   18 D  :   55 L
Amateur282                     198            49 W  :   38 D  :  110 L
Amundsen 0.55                   83            29 W  :    9 D  :   45 L
Amundsen 0.65                   39            25 W  :    7 D  :    7 L
Amy 0.8.7 c                     24            13 W  :    4 D  :    6 L
Amyan 1.597                    381           172 W  :   97 D  :  112 L
AnMon 5.60                     199            92 W  :   36 D  :   71 L
Anechka 0.08                   187            56 W  :   37 D  :   94 L
Anechka005c                     20             8 W  :    4 D  :    8 L
Anechka006a                     48            17 W  :    5 D  :   25 L
Ant 2006F                      208            34 W  :   26 D  :  146 L
Arasan 10.0                    134            66 W  :   25 D  :   43 L
Arasan 9.3                     179            94 W  :   24 D  :   61 L
Arasan 9.4                     199            57 W  :   38 D  :  104 L
Arasan 9.5                     978           450 W  :  186 D  :  342 L
Arion                           28            14 W  :    7 D  :    7 L
Arion 1.7                      366           152 W  :   96 D  :  118 L
Aristarch 4.50                 219            60 W  :   43 D  :  116 L
Armageddon2_307                 53             1 W  :    0 D  :   52 L
Asterisk_06                     41            26 W  :    4 D  :   11 L
Atak 4.99 Linka                122            52 W  :   15 D  :   55 L
Atak 5.03                       42            18 W  :    2 D  :   22 L
Atlas220uci                    130            55 W  :   15 D  :   58 L
Averno081                       16             8 W  :    3 D  :    5 L
Ayito 0.2.994                  326           188 W  :   36 D  :  102 L
BBChess 0.99b                   88            52 W  :    8 D  :   28 L
BBChess1.2a                     57            48 W  :    2 D  :    7 L
Baron 1.7.0 Special            134            35 W  :   32 D  :   67 L
Baron 1.70                     167            59 W  :   40 D  :   68 L
Baron 1.8.1                    145            59 W  :   29 D  :   57 L
Beaches 2.2                     79            17 W  :    8 D  :   54 L
Beaches 2.26                    39             9 W  :    1 D  :   29 L
Bearded_06_29                   90            67 W  :    5 D  :   18 L
Bestia 0.90                     89            52 W  :   15 D  :   22 L
Betsy651                        27            15 W  :    5 D  :    7 L
BibiChess 0.5                  129            66 W  :   20 D  :   43 L
BigLion 2.23w                  124            68 W  :   12 D  :   44 L
Bionic_401                       6             4 W  :    2 D  :    0 L
BlackBishop                      1             1 W  :    0 D  :    0 L
BlackBishop 0.47                88            52 W  :   13 D  :   23 L
BlackBishop 0.9.7i             108            37 W  :   18 D  :   53 L
Booot 4.10.5                   178            90 W  :   35 D  :   53 L
Booot 4.11.1                   162            52 W  :   30 D  :   80 L
Booot 4.13.0                   148            67 W  :   36 D  :   45 L
Bright 0.1                     399           240 W  :   62 D  :   97 L
Bright-0.2c                    136            62 W  :   30 D  :   44 L
Bringer                         27            17 W  :    4 D  :    6 L
Bruja_19                       367           164 W  :   65 D  :  138 L
BugChess2_V1_3                 170            78 W  :   40 D  :   51 L
BugChess2_V1_5_2               424           185 W  :   76 D  :  163 L
Butcher                         16             3 W  :    1 D  :   10 L
Butcher 1.57                   171            36 W  :   13 D  :  122 L
Butcher 1.58                   112            19 W  :    8 D  :   85 L
Buzz 0.02                       80            54 W  :    7 D  :   19 L
Buzz 0.03                       15             8 W  :    1 D  :    6 L
Buzz 0.04                       18             9 W  :    1 D  :    8 L
Buzz 0.05                       97            21 W  :   12 D  :   64 L
CM10th D2Alos                  220            66 W  :   55 D  :   99 L
Capture R01                    185            81 W  :   28 D  :   76 L
Chad's Chess 0.15               64             2 W  :    0 D  :   62 L
Cheese 1.0 c                    78            18 W  :   11 D  :   49 L
Cheese 1.1b                     38            26 W  :    4 D  :    8 L
Chess Tiger 2/0                 40            16 W  :   13 D  :   11 L
Chess Tiger 2007               132            64 W  :   35 D  :   33 L
Chess-Rikus 1.466               85            16 W  :    9 D  :   60 L
ChessAlex 1.3                   16             6 W  :    0 D  :   10 L
ChessAlex 1.4 r 3               70            38 W  :    7 D  :   25 L
ChessAlex 1.5                    9             1 W  :    3 D  :    5 L
ChessTiger2007.1 UCI           254           137 W  :   62 D  :   55 L
ChessTiger2007UCI              390           301 W  :   73 D  :   16 L
Chezzz-1.0.3                   178            56 W  :   28 D  :   94 L
Chiron TurinC                  148            67 W  :   26 D  :   55 L
Chiron v0.8.1b10.3             187            83 W  :   42 D  :   62 L
Chiron v0.8.1b6                121            43 W  :   32 D  :   46 L
Cilian 4.14se                   88            11 W  :   17 D  :   60 L
Clueless 1.2.2                  60            29 W  :    8 D  :   23 L
Clueless 1.3b                   82            46 W  :    9 D  :   27 L
Colossus2006f                  187            71 W  :   46 D  :   70 L
Colossus2007d                  140            65 W  :   34 D  :   41 L
Comet_B68                      203            58 W  :   42 D  :  103 L
Counter 0.7                     78            39 W  :   25 D  :   14 L
Crafty 20.14 BH                153            73 W  :   30 D  :   50 L
Crafty 21.1-blended             84            27 W  :   20 D  :   37 L
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Re: Help with Norm Pollock's namelist

Post by Norm Pollock »

Tony Thomas wrote:Thanks Jim, if you hadnt told me, I would have never figured that out. I got everything working fine...Now it would be much easier for me to create a rating list without any double entries. Only if I can find a tool that would automatically assign rankings to an edited list...
Hi Tony,

If the elos are already in the pgn file, then just use "ratelist" from my collection.

If there aren't any elos present, you can create them using either "elostat 1.3" or "bayeselo".

If you use "elostat 1.3", then follow that up with "embed" from my pgn tool collection. You will get the elos embedded into the output file. Then use "ratelist" on the output file. You will get an edited ranking list which includes elos.

If you prefer "bayeselo" instead of "elostat 1.3", use "embayes" instead of "embed", and then use "ratelist".

Output file names and fuller directions are in the readme.txt.

-Norm
Tony Thomas

Re: Help with Norm Pollock's namelist

Post by Tony Thomas »

Hey Norm, I didnt have any rating tags embedded. I was mainly looking for something that would alphabetically arrange the engine name so that I could delete the versions that arent strongest from my rating list and post a short list. I am getting used to your tools, they are quite nice, I am thinking about using embayes.
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Re: Help with Norm Pollock's namelist

Post by Adam Hair »

Tony Thomas wrote:I finally found a tool that would sort players by their name alphabetically with elo rating. It is a commandline tool called name list by Norm Pollock, but the console window exits immediately without giving me any warnings. I tried dependency walker, it said that I was missing dwmapi.dll, so I put that in the C:\windows\system directory and the darn thing still doesnt work.

Any help appreciated
Tony
Sorry. I can't help. I never use any of Norm's tools.