ChessGUI 0.173 is out
The reason why people don't use ChessGUI is that it offers only 1 percent of what Winboard or Arena offers.
ChessGUI does not even analyze games and knows nothing about the internet.
Colours of pieces, board, and other GUI elements can be easily changed.
However, the Wood/Marble stuff is missing.
ChessGUI 0.173 solves Testsuites, if engines are marked as able to analyze.
Help file is scanty and not up-to-date, so if you have questions, ask Graham.
ChessGUI is still very unstable if mouse button is held pressed, especially
between games. This instability means engine/GUI communication stops.
If you like the Windows Mine Sweeper game, you'll also like ChessGUI.
It's all about mine fields.
Matthias.
ChessGUI 0.173 is out
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ChessGUI 0.173 is out
My engine was quite strong till I added knowledge to it.
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Re: ChessGUI 0.173 is out
I use ChessGUI purely for engine v engine testing.
Despite any shortcomings you may have pointed out, it is good enough to be my preferred GUI for engine v engine testing ahead of Fritz, Shredder and Arena.
Despite any shortcomings you may have pointed out, it is good enough to be my preferred GUI for engine v engine testing ahead of Fritz, Shredder and Arena.
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Re: ChessGUI 0.173 is out
Matthias Gemuh wrote:ChessGUI 0.173 is out
ChessGUI is still very unstable if mouse button is held pressed, especially
between games. This instability means engine/GUI communication stops.
The stopped game is replayed after GUI is restarted and tournament resumed.
To prevent this communication breakdown, pause tournament before scrolling around.
Matthias.
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Re: ChessGUI 0.173 is out
Hi Graham,Graham Banks wrote:I use ChessGUI purely for engine v engine testing.
Despite any shortcomings you may have pointed out, it is good enough to be my preferred GUI for engine v engine testing ahead of Fritz, Shredder and Arena.
are you using ChessGUI 0.165 ?
Best,
Matthias.
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Re: ChessGUI 0.173 is out
0.162, 0.165 and 0.171 at present.Matthias Gemuh wrote:Hi Graham,Graham Banks wrote:I use ChessGUI purely for engine v engine testing.
Despite any shortcomings you may have pointed out, it is good enough to be my preferred GUI for engine v engine testing ahead of Fritz, Shredder and Arena.
are you using ChessGUI 0.165 ?
Best,
Matthias.
I stuck with the earlier versions because they were running fine and I prefer the full screen option (plus laziness in updating).
Cheers,
Graham.
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Re: ChessGUI 0.173 is out
As a CCRL guy, you better stick with what you know works fine.Graham Banks wrote:0.162, 0.165 and 0.171 at present.Matthias Gemuh wrote: Hi Graham,
are you using ChessGUI 0.165 ?
Best,
Matthias.
I stuck with the earlier versions because they were running fine and I prefer the full screen option (plus laziness in updating).
Cheers,
Graham.
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Re: ChessGUI 0.173 is out
Just one thing to note Matthias.
Sometimes, after rebooting and then resuming a tournament, the parameters that were set for some of the participants revert to default.
This can be annoying in cases where you've set an engine to use 1cpu and it then starts using 4.
Whenever I restart a tournament, I always make a point of checking the engine parameters of each participant and then correcting them as necessary before resuming.
Cheers,
Graham.
Sometimes, after rebooting and then resuming a tournament, the parameters that were set for some of the participants revert to default.
This can be annoying in cases where you've set an engine to use 1cpu and it then starts using 4.
Whenever I restart a tournament, I always make a point of checking the engine parameters of each participant and then correcting them as necessary before resuming.
Cheers,
Graham.
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Re: ChessGUI 0.173 is out
Probably fixed in 0.173.Graham Banks wrote:Just one thing to note Matthias.
Sometimes, after rebooting and then resuming a tournament, the parameters that were set for some of the participants revert to default.
This can be annoying in cases where you've set an engine to use 1cpu and it then starts using 4.
Whenever I restart a tournament, I always make a point of checking the engine parameters of each participant and then correcting them as necessary before resuming.
Cheers,
Graham.
I changed way edited parameters are saved.
Matthias.
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Re: ChessGUI 0.173 is out
Okay. A must try then.Matthias Gemuh wrote:Probably fixed in 0.173.Graham Banks wrote:Just one thing to note Matthias.
Sometimes, after rebooting and then resuming a tournament, the parameters that were set for some of the participants revert to default.
This can be annoying in cases where you've set an engine to use 1cpu and it then starts using 4.
Whenever I restart a tournament, I always make a point of checking the engine parameters of each participant and then correcting them as necessary before resuming.
Cheers,
Graham.
I changed way edited parameters are saved.
Matthias.
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Re: ChessGUI 0.173 is out
I want to tell you that this is a really nice project. It is very nice to have people like you working on sound alternative interfaces to increase our enjoyment of computer chess.
Thank you.
Thank you.