How to play a Komodo vs. Komodo match in Fritz GUI?

[kasinp]

I am trying to run some tests but somehow was unable to get this to work and am looking for help.

Tried some more or less obvious solutions (including creating another folder with a renamed Komodo, etc.). Creating the "clone" engine is easy, but in the end the second copy is never made available for selection in the Engine match menu.

I tried various versions (GUI v.11, 14, 15)

Is it possible?

Thanks,
PK

[Jouni]

Create another UCI engine with different name like "Komodo 10 B" without changing any (significant) parameter should work!?

[kasinp]

Create another UCI engine with different name like "Komodo 10 B" without changing any (significant) parameter should work!?

You can create many Komodo engines, no problems. But they won't show in the selection for the Engine match once you have already selected one Komodo engine to play in it.

[Jouni]

Addition. Only important thing is to have Komodo 10 64-bit B .uci file in ...engines.UCI folder! If only you find that directory from hard disk . Works definitely in Fritz 12 GUI.

[Ferdy]

Create another UCI engine with different name like "Komodo 10 B" without changing any (significant) parameter should work!?

You can create many Komodo engines, no problems. But they won't show in the selection for the Engine match once you have already selected one Komodo engine to play in it.

Try to find the folder Engines.UCI as Jouni told. For win 7, it can be found in:
C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Roaming\ChessBase\Engines.UCI

You may see for example a file with filename:
Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT.uci

Copy that file and rename it to:
Stockfish 8.x 64 POPCNT.uci

Now you have 2 files:
Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT.uci
Stockfish 8.x 64 POPCNT.uci

Now open Stockfish 8.x 64 POPCNT.uci in a text editor, and you will see this.

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[ENGINE]
Name=Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT
Author=T. Romstad, M. Costalba, J. Kiiski, G. Linscott
Filename=C:\chess\engines\stockfish\Sf8.exe
[OPTIONS]
UCI_Chess960=true

Now change:
Name=Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT
to
Name=Stockfish 8.x 64 POPCNT

Save and exit.

Those 2 will now appear in the engine list.

[kasinp]

Thank you both! I was finally able to get this to work. Much appreciated.

Cheers,
PK

[Werner]

Thanks Ferdinand,
I was always angry when I installed a Fritz engine inside Fritz 15 and was not able to give them different names when using 1CPU or 4CPU. This works with all uci engines, not with Fritz 15. With you tip I could change it:
I created 2 new files in that folder
Fritz 15 x64 4CPU.uci

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[ENGINE]
Name=Fritz 15 x64 4CPU
Author=Vasik Rajlich
Filename=.\Fritz 15\Fritz 15.exe
LogoName=Fritz 15
Priority=below normal
[OPTIONS]
Max CPUs=4
Use TBAccess=true

Fritz 15 x64 1CPU.uci

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[ENGINE]
Name=Fritz 15 x64 1CPU
Author=Vasik Rajlich
Filename=.\Fritz 15\Fritz 15.exe
LogoName=Fritz 15
Priority=below normal
[OPTIONS]
Max CPUs=1
Use TBAccess=true

and it worked!

Werner