ARENA GUI 3.5 and 3.5.1

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ARENA GUI 3.5 and 3.5.1

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Hi all, I want to run a chess tournament in the ARENA GUI with different
start positions and don't know how to configure it. Can kindly help me
further? Thanks a lot
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Re: ARENA GUI 3.5 and 3.5.1

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Go to "Engines - Tournament"
On the second Tab "Options" select "Start Positions" and below you can select a pgn/epd file with prefered positions.

Under "Engines - Manage - Details - Books" - "use Arena Main Books with this engine" shouldn't be checked.

There are also a lot of videos on Youtube how to use Arena.
Hope this helps.

regards William
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Re: ARENA GUI 3.5 and 3.5.1

Post by chessica »

Thank you Wilhelm, I got it right now. One more question: Which settings
are relevant for the motors? The ones made in the GUI or the ones created
in the engine window?
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Re: ARENA GUI 3.5 and 3.5.1

Post by Wilhelm »

The settings in the manage-details are the base settings and will be active after each start of arena. Changes in the GUI engine window will be not permanent.
So far I know :-)
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