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How can I run ChessPartner with Windows Vista

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:17:49 GMT

NOTE: ChessPartner 6 is fully compatible with Vista and Windows 7. This article only applies to ChessPartner 5.x and before. The security model of Windows Vista is drastically changed. In order to install ChessPartner you need to run the setup... read more

Using Winboard or UCI compatible engines in ChessPartner

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:27:00 GMT

ChessPartner includes a Winboard adapter which allows the use of Winboard compatible engines within the ChessPartner interface. These pages will try to give some step by step instructions on how to setup the Winboard engines. NOTE: This... read more

How to use the ChessTiger 2007 UCI engine in other interfaces

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:20:00 GMT

Introduction On this page step by step instuctions on loading the Chess Tiger 2007 UCI engine in some other interface. The procedure is similair for other UCI compatible engines. In this article it is assumed Chess Tiger 2007 is installed in... read more

How to create personalities in Gandalf 6

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:13:00 GMT

With Gandalf 6 update 1 it is possible to create your own personallities, this page gives some step by step instructions on how to do this. First step is to download and install update 1. To download the update, start ChessPartner then from... read more

How to create your own opening books

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:08:00 GMT

We often get this question, in this article we provide step by step instruction on how to create and use your own books. There are two basic ways to create your own books Interactive By importing games from a database or pgn... read more

Using Rebel database with Rebel 12

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Rebel 12 has some limited but useful support for the DOS Rebel's .DAT database format. As this is

How to create opening books in Ruffian 2

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:16:00 GMT

The Ruffian engine can only make use of .BOK format opening books. To create your own book in this format follow the following steps: - First you need to have a PGN file which can act as source of the opening book, e.g mybook.pgn - Then... read more

Uninstalling all trace of Chess Tiger, Gandalf etc.

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:13:00 GMT

Sometimes it is desirable to make a new clean install. The standard uninstallers do not fully clean up everything. This article describes a method to completely remove all traces of Chess Tiger, Gandalf, rebel etc. Perform the following... read more

Installing old engines in latest ChessPartner

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:12:00 GMT

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... read more