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The program says full strength is 2600, but I wonder how does this compare with any program-program testing?
Thanks in advance,
Gerald

Hello can someone tell me the significant differences between these two versions of SCID?

Thanks in advance,
Gerald

Hello Steven, thanks for your hard work on Scid. I am confused though on what is the main difference between the "regular" Scid (i.e. vers 4.4), and the Scid vs. PC series.
I want to load one of them on my new quad machine but how do I know which one I need?

Thanks
Gerald

Hello, Gaviota is a very nice engine. I want to use it in analysis mode in my GUIs (Fritz, Shredder, etc.) When I hit the analyze button nothing happens. I have loaded the engine in UCI mode. I am probably doing something wrong.
I would appreciate helpful comments. Thanks in advance,
Gerald

Hello, I have been played rapid games (15 min +) against Spike 1.4 under the Deep Shredder 12 GUI. In a few games after 15-20 moves the program offers a draw if it evaluates the position as equal or in my favor. This does not happened with some of the other stronger engines I play against. I noticed...

Hello, I have been using a commercially available (purchased and licensed) UCI chess engine in a commercial GUI successfully for quite some time. All of a sudden after unloaded this engine from the GUI when I try to reload it back into the GUI, the GUI says it is not a UCI engine (error message). Un...

I am going to buy a new laptop for computer chess.
Quad-core and the usual memory. Does Windows 8 seem to work okay with the usual GUIs and engines or should I try to get Windows 7?
Thanks,
Gerald

Hello I want to play some very slow games, almost correspondence times, against some engines using the Arena GUI.
What are some suggestions for an arena opening book? I still have the old Harry Schapp books, are there any more recent books that would be somone could suggest?
Thanks,
Gerald

Bobby Fischer.

Hello Mr. Muller, yes we did this and both engines checked out fine.
Still problems in the GUI though as I described.