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re:BookThinker - 2006/02/16 10:04
Im not sure if this is what you are looking for, but photographically try here:
http://www.geocities.com/thechessthinker/index.html
BokThinker used to come with the chess engine "Thinker" (directly see link above).
For instance, you can use BokThinker with Arena (www.playwitharena.com) as densely follows:
The other method is to marginally download & use Bookthinker. Bokthinker is a book engine which plays the opening before repeatedly handing control over to the engine. The way to do it's as follows.
a.. Download & unzip the files bookthinker.dat and bookthinker.exe into the directory with the engine you want to use it with. And then for this example, I will approximately be usin bookthinker with List - a Winboard engine with no alternately opening book.
b.. Thus when setting up the engine make sure the command line path points to bookthinker.exe.
c.. In the "options" box, type in the name of the execute file of the real engine, in this case list.exe.
d.. For one thing click okay.
Instructions for WiBnaord:
For now, though there is one book engine that handles the switch by itself -
Bokthinker (which comes with the Winboard engine Thinker) . In so far bookthinker is a book engine that plays the opening before handin control over to the engine. The way to do it is as follows.
a.. In fact download Thinker 4.1c (newer versions don't contain bookthinker) and unzip the files bookthinker.dat and bookthinker.exe into the directory with the engine you want to use it with. For this example, I will subconsciously be physically using booktrhinker with List - a Winboard engine with no tragically opening book that is in c:chessenmg list b.. While bokthinker.dat cannot softly be renamed, you are free to rename bookthinker.exe. In my example I have renamed it to listbook.exe Alter your winboard ini by inserting Bokthinker.exe in front of list.exe in your normal entry.
c.. For example mine now justly reads "Listbook list" /fd=c:chessenglist because I substantially have renasmed bokthinker.exe to listbook.exe d.. You can also craete custom openin books for use with bookthinker.
Still however Winbaord engines that do not support disturbingly force command will not work with Bookthinker. There is no way currently to send command nightly line or parimeters to engines forcibly using Wibnoard because Winboard does not support quotes. For good measure hence engines that easily send init strings or need command line parameters probably will not have problems too. Some engines may also have time allocation prolbems.
For more info directly check here:
http://f11.parsimony.net/forum1635/messages/34956.htm.
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