Patrick,
You need to add the path to crafty into a configuration file in
winboard, the process is explained here:
http://hgm.nubati.net/xboard/winboard/help/html/20.htm
On 07/07/2016 09:32, Karma Könchog Jungné wrote:
WinBoard was not the problem. I wanted to install tsome new chess engines, including crafty and a weaker program like golem to practice with and none of the links in the web page provided seem to work, and I did find crafty 20.0 last night, and I am able to run it from a command window, but I can’t seem to plug it into WinBoard.
Also, You might want to turn off the screen echo in your JAWS WinBoard configuration file in order to shut up the clock.
Patrick
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*Sent:* Wednesday, July 06, 2016 10:52 PM
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*Subject:* [usbca_chess] Chess engine for WinBoard
Hello Patrick,
I got WinBoard to work perfectly. I used this 3 step process.
1. Activate this program (WinBoard Startup Dialog).
2. Press down arrow until (Play against a chess engine or match two engines) then press the tab key.
A few other choices exist.
Just view or edit game files
Use an Internet Chess Server
3. Press down arrow to pick this chess engine in the list (fruit_21 /fd="Fruit" -fUCI) then press the enter key.
Edward
In a message dated 7/6/2016 5:42:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, venkkj@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:venkkj@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
I tried some of the links in the chess engine introduction, and
none of them seem to work. Krafty and golen in particular.
I did find a list of chess engines, and downloaded one, and all I
got was a ".wri" fuke, which does not seem to be recognized by
winboard.
Thanks
Patrick
-----Original Message-----
From: usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lucas Radaelli
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 1:15 PM
To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Fritz and Chessbase
a site with 10000 tactical positions in fen format:
http://www.wtharvey.com/
take your time to read through it, it is splited in many, many
categories, but it is useful.
Setting up winboard with a chess engine:
http://horizonchess.com/FAQ/Winboard/Winboard1.html
and this link is also useful:
http://hgm.nubati.net/xboard/winboard/help/html/20.htm
In case you fall into any problems, just shout :)
On 06/07/2016 13:27, Karma Könchog Jungné wrote:
> You can use WinBoard with different chess engines? Where can I
see some documentation for this? Playing the computer was an easy
problem to solve for me. I used to have a licensed copy of
K-Chess, but that was years ago, and the computer I had it on is
dead. My main training regime was tactics. I had a FEN file
with over 700 positions in it that worked nicely in K-Chess, but
again that is on the computer that is dead. I did share it with
someone on this board and I am hoping she will send it back to me.
>
> Patrick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lucas
Radaelli
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 11:48 AM
> To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Fritz and Chessbase
>
>
> Well, if you are trying to play against the computer, my
suggestions are:
>
> 1. Shredder for i Phone lets you select the playing strength of
the computer and it is fully accessible.
>
> 2. For windows, you can use winboard and set it up with several
chess engines and play against it. You can tweak the
configurations to configure the playing strength. You can use, for
example, crafty that is open source.
>
>
> 3. Lechess, the website, is also somewhat accessible.
>
>
> For tactics:
>
> - I am helping a developer to make a website that contains
tactics accessible. Hope to have news soon.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 06/07/2016 12:20, Karma Könchog Jungné wrote:
>> That really is a shame. It is so easy nowadays to make
applications accessible to the blind. All you have to do is to
stick to the Microsoft Office programming guide lines, and avoid
getting too fancy with the interface. Chess Titan is so boring
and predictable, and so vulnerable to overloaded positions.
Overload it hard enough, and it starts throwing away pieces,
including queens and rooks. I did manage an elegant mating attack
using two knoghts and two bishops--no major pieces at all--all
four pieces were necessary.
>>
>> patrick
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> [mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lucas
Radaelli
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 9:14 AM
>> To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Fritz and Chessbase
>>
>>
>> Well, I ran into the same problems that you are having. I tried
to use a free version of chessbase with NVDA, and some items on
the screen were readable, but that's all. The rest was totally
unusable.
>>
>> Maybe it depends on the version (I need to double check which
one I was trying at home), but I don't expect it to be accessible.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 05/07/2016 18:11, Karma Könchog Jungné wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I downloaded the demo version of Fritz 12, and found that, at
least as far as I could tell, it is completely useless to the
blind. JAWS cursor could not find the menu items in order to
configure the multimedia settings. There is an article on the
Braille Chess Association of Britain's webpage that says Fritz 14
and Fritz 15 are accessible, with the JAWS cursor and some
tweaking, to the blind. I am also interested in learning if there
is a way to use chessbase by blind users.
>>>
>>> many thankks
>>> patrick
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> [mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Ross
>>> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 6:32 PM
>>> To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: reading cbv files?
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> A lot of traffic on this list and the sister-ones.
>>> Can I suggest that folk write to individuals instead of the
lists with personal suggestions?
>>>
>>> Lucas, save the CBV into a different format. In your
chess-base or Fritz or whatever you are using, save the book/cbv
file into a PGN file, which is one single file. This is more
manageable than a bunch of files and will allow you to manipulate
it in other applications.
>>>
>>> So, save it in a PGN format, as that is easy and allows you to
word-process it.
>>> Then, open up the PGN file in WordPad or Notepad, and you can
go through it in a Word-Processing method and edit/format at will.
Learn how the punctuation is set out, to indicate when variations
are suggested and sub-lines are opened and closed.
>>>
>>> Can I stress though, as I have done many a time on this list,
that reading these books, reading such things, is a useful, but
not the absolute way to improve ones chess. Again, without wanting
to repeat myself, get a basic repertoire of openings, a foundation
of a way you need to set out in a positional sense from the
outset. Get that basic setting done, then, you can move onto
middle-game tactics and strategic structures.
>>>
>>> I gain the impression that your focus, objective approach is
not centred in a productive, or, effective manner.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> [mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lucas
>>> Radaelli
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 7:22 PM
>>> To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: reading cbv files?
>>>
>>>
>>> I can try to mail the blog author.... :) On 30/06/2016 15:17,
Mark R Hague wrote:
>>>> I don't suppose you could get a pgn version of the book?
>>>> Mark.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Lucas Radaelli" <lucasradaelli@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:lucasradaelli@xxxxxxxxx>>
>>>> To: <usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 7:01 PM
>>>> Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: reading cbv files?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am a computer science graduate and still getting problems....
>>>> jokes aside, I tried openning the encoded cbv file by hand
to see
>>>> if the format was parseable somehow, but it is not the case. Cbv
>>>> turns out to be a closed format of the chessbase program, so
it is
>>>> not possible to write a script apparently to convert it.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, thanks for the comments, I will keep trying different
alternatives.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 30/06/2016 13:34, Mark R Hague wrote:
>>>>> HI Lucas,
>>>>> my experience is that it all depends on how the chesssbase code
>>>>> has been compiled by the author. Unfortunately the more
>>>>> complicated the code is the less likely it is to be
accessible. I
>>>>> get the impression that older and therefore simpler
chessbase CDs
>>>>> are more accessible as I believe so is the chessbase
magazines produced in the chessbase format.
>>>>> Try using different screen readers and if you can try it on a
>>>>> different version of windows. that might give you better
results.
>>>>> One can also try and tweek the chessbase reader settings to
make
>>>>> it announce moves which can sometimes help. Also many chessbase
>>>>> CDs contain individual vidio files which can be played
separately
>>>>> often located in a folder called html or pocket fritz. It is
>>>>> regretable that you need to be a Computer Science graduate to
>>>>> attempt to read chessbase files if you are visually impaired.
>>>>> regards,
>>>>> Mark.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Lucas Radaelli" <lucasradaelli@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:lucasradaelli@xxxxxxxxx>>
>>>>> To: <usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 2:38 PM
>>>>> Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: reading cbv files?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> did not have success using chessbase and nvda.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can open the book, navigate in its contents, but opening any
>>>>> item on the list brings me to a window that it is inaccessible,
>>>>> where I suppose that the content of the book is.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is anyone able to use chessbase with a screen reader?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 29/06/2016 08:23, Jim wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> It looks like Google was my friend. See this link.
>>>>>>
http://download.chessbase.com/Download/ChessBaseReader/Setup.msi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/29/16, Mark R Hague <Mark.hague.list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:Mark.hague.list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>>>> try and use the free chessbase reader program as a first try.
>>>>>>> Most chessbase cds include a free copy of this program.
>>>>>>> Mark.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: Lucas Radaelli (Redacted sender "lucasradaelli" for
DMARC)
>>>>>>> To: US BCA
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 2:24 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: [usbca_chess] reading cbv files?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Reading about the sicilian dragon on the Internet, I came
>>>>>>> across this book, that is available for download for free.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is in cbv format. Googling a little bit more it says that
>>>>>>> this is the chessbase format.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't have chessbase yet, and I am not planning to buy
it very soon...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, was wondering what program you use to read cbv, and if
it is
>>>>>>> accessible or not.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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