ChessBase updated GUI

[Eduard]

another game, fitz 18 syzygy bug, not mine, for the cb developers...we have no fun anymore

[Event "Wertungspartie, 5 min"]
[Site "Maschinenraum"]
[Date "2023.05.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Findel64, Solista Analyzer-av"]
[Black "T U R K E Y, Stockfish dev-20230"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "3025"]
[BlackElo "3041"]
[Annotator "0.00;0.05"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

{Stockfish dev-20230325-587bc647 (30 threads): 83.7 plies; 76.589kN/s AMD
Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core Processor 4500MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads), Solista
Attack v5.0.ctg, 2048 MB} 1. e4 {B 0} e5 {B 0} 2. Nf3 {B 0} Nc6 {B 0} 3. Nc3 {
B 0} Nf6 {B 0} 4. h3 {B 0} Bb4 {0.05/46 7} 5. Nd5 {B 0} Nxd5 {0.00/41 3} 6.
exd5 {B 0} e4 {0.00/42 3} 7. dxc6 {B 0} exf3 {0.00/44 3} 8. Qxf3 {B 0} dxc6 {
0.03/41 3} 9. Bc4 {B 0} O-O {0.07/41 3} 10. O-O {B 0} Qd7 {0.00/51 7} 11. d3 {
B 0} a5 {0.00/66 4} 12. a4 {B 0} Qf5 {0.00/49 3} 13. Qe4 {B 0} Bd7 {0.00/56 5}
14. Qxf5 {B 0} Bxf5 {0.00/52 4} 15. g4 {B 0} Bd7 {0.00/43 3} 16. Kg2 {B 0} Rfe8
{0.00/61 3} 17. d4 {B 0} h6 {0.00/43 3} 18. Bd3 {B 0} Be6 {0.00/44 4} 19. Bf4 {
0.00/43 20} Re7 {0.00/52 0} 20. c3 {0.00/54 7} Bd6 {0.00/55 0} 21. Bxd6 {
0.00/56 8} cxd6 {0.00/57 0} 22. Kg3 {0.00/53 7} c5 {0.00/56 10} 23. dxc5 {
0.00/46 0} dxc5 {0.00/71 4} 24. Bb5 {0.00/46 2} Bb3 {0.00/60 2} 25. Rae1 {
0.00/49 4} Kf8 {0.00/62 1 (Txe1)} 26. Rxe7 {0.00/52 7} Kxe7 {0.00/77 5} 27.
Re1+ {0.00/47 0} Kf6 {0.00/69 3 (Kf8)} 28. f4 {0.00/50 20} g6 {0.00/66 0} 29.
h4 {0.00/50 4} Rd8 {0.00/66 3 (b6)} 30. g5+ {0.00/53 7} Kg7 {0.00/67 0} 31. Re7
{0.00/49 8} b6 {0.00/68 0} 32. Rb7 {0.00/46 6} Rd6 {0.00/62 0} 33. Rd7 {
0.00/61 7} Rxd7 {0.00/87 3} 34. Bxd7 {0.00/53 1} hxg5 {0.00/80 4 (f6)} 35. fxg5
{0.00/63 5} Kf8 {0.00/77 0} 36. Bb5 {0.00/64 13} Ke7 {0.00/82 0} 37. Kf3 {
0.00/65 4} Bd5+ {0.00/81 1 (Ke6)} 38. Kf4 {0.00/70 7} Kd6 {0.00/84 0 (Ke6)} 39.
Be2 {0.00/55 6} Bb3 {0.00/82 0} 40. h5 {0.00/56 5} gxh5 {0.00/92 4} 41. Bxh5 {
0.00/57 16} Ke6 {0.00/90 0 (Ke7)} 42. Bg4+ {0.00/53 4} Ke7 {0.00/92 4} 43. Ke5
{0.00/55 0} Bxa4 {0.00/101 3} 44. Be2 {0.00/54 0} Bb3 {0.00/83 3 (Le8)} 45. Bf1
{0.00/54 4} Be6 {0.00/85 3 (Ld1)} 46. Ba6 {0.00/59 4} Bd7 {0.00/106 5 (Lg4)}
47. Be2 {0.00/59 4} a4 {0.00/99 2 (Lc6)} 48. Kd5 {0.00/61 4} f6 {0.00/102 1
(Le8)} 49. gxf6+ {0.00/79 5} Kxf6 {0.00/115 6} 50. Kd6 {0.00/57 0} Be8 {
0.00/128 3} 51. Bd1 {0.00/62 6} Kf5 {0.00/181 3} 52. Bf3 {0.00/67 30} c4 {
0.00/162 0 (Kf4)} 53. Bd5 {0.00/64 2} Kf4 {0.00/193 3} 54. Bxc4 {0.00/79 0} Ke3
{0.00/174 3} 55. Kc7 {0.00/88 0} b5 {0.00/199 3} 56. Bxb5 {0.00/88 5} Bxb5 {
0.00/245 0} 57. Kd6 {0.00/0 0} Kd3 {0} 58. Kd5 {-1/0 0} Kc2 {-1/1 0} 59. Kc5 {
-1/0 0} Kxb2 {-1/1 0} 60. Kb4 {-2/1 0} a3 {-1/1 0} 61. c4 {-1/0 0} Bxc4 {-1/0 0
} 62. Kc5 {-1/0 0} a2 {-1/1 0} 63. Kb4 {-1/0 0} a1=Q {-4/1 0} 64. Kxc4 {-7/1 0}
Qd1 {-6/0 0} 65. Kc5 {-6/1 0} Qd7 {-5/0 0} 66. Kb6 {-5/1 0} Kb3 {-4/0 0} 67.
Kc5 {-4/0 0} Kc3 {-3/1 0} 68. Kb6 {-3/1 0} Kb4 {-2/0 0} 69. Ka6 {-2/1 0} Kc5 {
-1/1 0} 70. Ka5 {-1/1 0} Qb5# {-1/0 0 (Lag: Av=1.02s, max=4.5s)} 0-1

[carldaman]

Is there still a way to download individual updates for CB and Fritz?

That way, one could revert to a known non-buggy version.

[Gerda Voss]

No it is not possible any more. The server offers only the latest update. You must preserve the latest updates yourself, when you got them

[carldaman]

How would you preserve the latest update if there is no way to download it and save it as a file?

I suppose one could make a backup of the the current CB folder before running the update in order to revert to it if necessary.

[Eduard]

Every ChessBase update is stored here:
C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local\ChessBase\Updates

I copy the update and change the name, e.g. GUI18.iup to GUI18-10.iup if it is the update with version 10. The same goes with all CB updates. Of course, the update must be backed up before a new one comes.

[carldaman]

OK, thanks for the info - but how would you restore an old version if you're not happy with the new one?

[Eduard]

Start the old GUIiup.exe with a double click and follow the instructions. Is that difficult?

[carldaman]

Nope, it's straightforward.
I've noticed that CB even creates backups of the previous installed version (CB17x64_Prev.exe), but I didn't see a previous one for Fritz18.
I also created my own backup folder, where I can now store specific versions that are stable and not visibly buggy.