Slow Chess Blitz 2.9

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

I have a question and a request.Can someone write how to properly install the engine Chess Blitz 2.9 in Fritz 18. Thanks in advance for the information.

[Modern Times]

I don't believe that it is any different from any other UCI engine.

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Unfortunately, I'm still struggling and I can't install this engine. I have something like this (picture below) and after clicking on OK nothing happens.

[peter]

I have a question and a request.Can someone write how to properly install the engine Chess Blitz 2.9 in Fritz 18. Thanks in advance for the information.

Indeed in Fritz18 installing doesn't work with SC 2.9 normally.
A workaround is to create an .uci- file manually by text- editor that can be called e.g.

SlowChess Blitz 2.9 avx2.uci

and has to include uci- commands like this:

[ENGINE]
Name=SlowChess Blitz 2.9 avx2
Author=Jonathan Kreuzer
Filename=C:\eng\SlowChess-2.9\slow64-avx2.exe
[OPTIONS]
Threads=30

in case you want the engine to use 30 threads of CPU and start in this one configuration. Not defining that by .uci- file lets engine start single threaded, then you have to change this one parameter each time you have started it in GUI with default parameters first.

And of course you have to change the given path to the .exe- file to the one leading to the directory of storage at your PC.
Important is also, that the storage of the newly created .uci- file has to be in same directory as the other ones Fritz- engines of yours.
Normally the .uci- files of Fritz are to be found at

C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Roaming\ChessBase\Engines.uci

if xyz is the user's name of PC.

If you have Shredder- GUI too, you can install without problem there by GUI normally and use the so created .eng- file at Shredder's engines place of storage renaming it to .uci instead of .eng, copied to place of Fritz-engines directory ( of .uci- files). In that way you don't need create .uci manually by editor but can use the one of Shredder's for Fritz too, just by replacing and renaming it, regards

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

A huge thank you to you Peter.