Installing old engines in latest ChessPartner
Sunday, October 24, 2010 9:12:00 PM
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Very often we got questions such as 'how to use CT14 in the latest ChessPartner' or 'I whish to be able to use all engines in one interface'.
This article gives an overview of the various engines/GUI's that have been produced by Rebel and Lokasoft and some general methods of how to consolidate all engines in one interface.
Product overview
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Date |
Name |
Producer |
Comments |
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jan2000 |
RebelTiger |
Schröder BV |
This was the first result of the cooperation between Schrö der BV and Lokasoft. The product consisted of the Rebel Tiger engine and the ChessPartner 4.3 GUI. The CD-ROM had as extra the Rebel 10 package. For the installation a keycode was required. The tiger engine was version 12.0 |
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nov2000 |
Rebel 11 |
Schröder BV |
This was the follow up version of RebelTiger. The Rebel 11 was a package of 4 programs. It contained the Rebel Tiger 13 and the Gambit Tiger 1.0. The ChessPartner 5.0 GUI was included. |
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apr2001 |
RebelTiger14
Gambit Tiger 2.0 |
Schröder BV |
This was a free upgrade of the tiger engines for owners of Rebel 11 |
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oct2001 |
Gandalf 5.0 |
Schröder BV |
New engine from Steen Suurballe and Dan Wullf. This CD-ROM included ChessParner 5.1 |
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jan2002 |
Gandalf 5.1 |
Schröder BV |
Free upgrade for Gandalf 5.0 owners. |
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oct2002 |
Chess Tiger 15 |
Lokasoft |
In September 2002 Ed Schr�der retired, its activities where taken over by Lokasoft which resulted in the first Lokasoft release of Chess Tiger 15. Included ChessPartner 5.2 |
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mar2003 |
Deep Sjeng 1.0 |
Lokasoft |
New engine from Gian-Carlo Pascutto. This version includes ChessPartner 5.3 |
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may2003 |
Deep Sjeng 1.5 |
Lokasoft |
Free upgrade for 1.0 users |
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sep2003 |
Rebel 12 |
Lokasoft |
The first windows version of Ed Schroders Rebel engine. |
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feb2004 |
Deep Sjeng 1.6 |
Lokasoft |
Free upgrade for 1.0/1.5 users |
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feb2004 |
Ruffian 2 |
Lokasoft |
New engine from Perola Valfridsson |
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oct2004 |
Chess Tiger 2004 |
Lokasoft |
Updated engine from Christophe Theron |
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nov2004 |
Gandalf 6 |
Lokasoft |
The long awaited successor of Gandalf 5.1 |
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Some general issues and warnings
Do not uninstall older versions of ChessPartner after you have installed newer versions. This will almost sure give problems in the new version. Generally keeping the installation order as above should be OK.
Be sure to check our support pages for updates. We frequently release small patches to solve problems.
Transferring engines between ChessPartner installations
The Schröder produced products where by default installed under:
c:\Program Files\Rebel\ChessPartnerx.x
while the Lokasoft programs are under:
c:\Program Files\Lokasoft\ChessPartnerx.x
To transfer the engine from the old installation to the new create a directory below the engines directory in your new installation and copy the files from the list below to the newly created directory. The next step is to use the engine import wizard to register the copied engine in its new location.
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Engine |
Files |
Comment |
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Rebel Tiger 14 |
chesstiger.dll
chesstigerg.dll
tiger.dll
tiger_g.dll
ct.ini
ct.bk
fix.bk
small.bk |
Import this file for tiger engine
Import this file for gambit engine |
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Chess Tiger 15 |
chesstiger.dll
tiger.dll
ct.ini
ct.tbk
tourn.tbk |
Import this file for tiger engine |
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Gandalf 5.0 |
gandalf.dll
gandalf.ini
gandalf.hlp
dbchs.dat
dbchs.key
dbchs.nam
gandalf5.exe
gandalf5wb.res |
Import this file for native G5 engine
Winboard engine |
Special issues
Running ChessTiger 14 with ChessTiger 15 engines
There is a issue in running the CT14 engines in a CT15 installation. This has been discussed on our FAQ. A workaround has been made available. Download fixtiger14.zip and follow the instructions inside.
There is a similar issue with tiger 12 and tiger 13. See the RTFAQ
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