Chessbase Shared Analysis (The Fix)

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Chessbase Shared Analysis (The Fix)

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After contacting Chessbase twice with no response to the Shared Analysis problem I have been having with the lateest update to Fritz 11 (Aug 21, 2008) / CB Rybka GUI, I decided to troubleshoot the issue on my own.

Guess what, I found the problem and a temporary solution. There is a bug that has to do with how the Program handles "Transparency". Now the only question is does this problem affect all Operating Systems, or just Windows Vista.

While any OS can use "Transparency" with the help of Third party Programs for Windows (Yes, I know Linux does Transparency), Vista uses it built-in for their "Aero Display". Anyway this should now be a easy Fix for them now that we all know what the problem is.

Solution: Turn off Transparency for now if you want to use the Shared Analysis feature

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Now for more Bad news. While this fix seems to work fine on my Core2Duo Laptop or systems with 2 CPUs, on my Core2Quad or systems with 4 CPUs the Rybka.exe crashes when trying to load the 2nd (B) engine. But hey I am now halfway there, at least I now get the second window. :( Before I could not even get the 2nd engine to load because the 2nd engine window never came up. It appears that there is another problem loading and unloading more than two Rybka engines when using Shared Analysis.

Hope this helps some of you.

System Specs

Core2Duo (Laptop)
Windows Vista 64-bit
Intel Video Card
T5450 @ 1.66 GHz
4 GB Ram

Core2Quad (Desktop)
Windows Vista 64-bit
Nvidia Video Card
Q6700 @ 2.66 GHz
8 GB Ram
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Re: Chessbase Shared Analysis (The Fix)

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UPDATE: New Service Patch (Aug 28, 2008), It Fixes the Shared Analysis Bug and Problems with Loading and Unloading Rybka.

http://www.fritzserver.org/updates/gui11.msi
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Re: Chessbase Shared Analysis (The Fix)

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UPDATE2: However there is still a problem with loading and unloading Rybka on a Quad when using Shared Analysis. The Rybka.exe program will Crash. See Image Below:

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Re: Chessbase Shared Analysis (The Fix)

Post by Sylwy »

Thank you Ted !

Now shared analysis works very well for me (Windows XP SP3 /dual)!

Bravo ChessBase ! I love your newest GUI !


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