Equinox and Nalimov?

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Equinox and Nalimov?

Post by MOBMAT »

I loaded Equinox 3.3 in Arena and when I look at the configuration options, listed are an option to

"Use Gaviota Tables"

which I enabled and pointed the path to my copy of those files. The engine searches fine and "sees" the EGTs.

There is also an option to select the "NalimovPath" but no option to enable them. I also have the 6 man on my PC so I pointed to that path.

The search seems to be the same with or without it. Thinking that I must disable use of Gaviota to get Nalimov to work, I unchecked "Use Gaviota Tables" but kept a path to Nalimov. It appears that that disables all EGTs.

Q1: does Equinox support Nalimov, and if not, why is it on the configuration settings?
Q2: if E 3.3 does support Nalimov, how is it enabled?
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Re: Equinox and Nalimov?

Post by chessica »

Hi, do you have a link for the engine? I can't find it anywhere.
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Re: Equinox and Nalimov?

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MOBMAT wrote: Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:07 am Q1: does Equinox support Nalimov, and if not, why is it on the configuration settings?
Q2: if E 3.3 does support Nalimov, how is it enabled?
Here Equinox does support Nalimov - but only in a game, not in a setup position.
I entered my Nalimoth path e.g. C:\Tbs (here they are on the SSD)
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Re: Equinox and Nalimov?

Post by chessica »

Werner wrote: Wed Mar 05, 2025 11:58 am
MOBMAT wrote: Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:07 am Q1: does Equinox support Nalimov, and if not, why is it on the configuration settings?
Q2: if E 3.3 does support Nalimov, how is it enabled?
Here Equinox does support Nalimov - but only in a game, not in a setup position.
I entered my Nalimoth path e.g. C:\Tbs (here they are on the SSD)
Thank you very much Werner, you solved my problem. I can only remember weakly
that I deleted these engines from my PC for this reason.