I thought winboard's "default_book.bin" would work in the online tourney. It works in local matches. I saved the settings. But "Nameless" searched right from move #1.
What additional step is needed?
On-line engine blitz tourney February
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jdart
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney February
I think the comments tell most of the story.
Your first mistake is playing the Scandinavian. White's 7. Bd3 looks like a novelty. But 7. c5 here scores very well for White. Black should not go into this line IMO.
39. .. Rg6 is much better than the played move Rg3+.
On move 43, Black had .. b6, which Stockfish scores as over +5.
On move 44, .. b6 throws away all Black's advantage. I think though Black could still have drawn with best play.
--Jon
Your first mistake is playing the Scandinavian. White's 7. Bd3 looks like a novelty. But 7. c5 here scores very well for White. Black should not go into this line IMO.
39. .. Rg6 is much better than the played move Rg3+.
On move 43, Black had .. b6, which Stockfish scores as over +5.
On move 44, .. b6 throws away all Black's advantage. I think though Black could still have drawn with best play.
--Jon
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hgm
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Re: Help needed
You must make sure the option "First has own book" is unticked in the Common Engine Settings. Or use the command-line option -firstXBook. This is a volatile option (since it is engine-specific).pkumar wrote:I thought winboard's "default_book.bin" would work in the online tourney. It works in local matches. I saved the settings. But "Nameless" searched right from move #1.
What additional step is needed?
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pkumar
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Re: Thanks for the tourney
Thanks for the suggestion and for hosting this tourney.hgm wrote:You must make sure the option "First has own book" is unticked in the Common Engine Settings.