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Engines
3.10.1 Installed engines
ChessBase shares a common directory for chess playing engines with programs like
Fritz, Hiarcs, Shredder etc.
The program’s engine interface uses with the specifications of the current Windows
version, for example Windows 7/8. This means that in future engines will no longer be
stored in the folder /Program Files/ChessBase/Engines, they will be stored in /Program
Files/CommonFiles/ChessBase/Engines.
Apart from this the new engines now have the extension *.engine.
After the installation you will find the Fritz engine and the current version of Crafty in
the new folder. The chess engines of earlier program versions will still be in the folder /
Program Files/ChessBase/Engines.
What do these changes mean for the user? The answer is simple: nothing at all. All the
engines can still be used by Chessbase. This is true for recent engines as well as for
older chess engines like Fritz 7 and Shredder 7.
UCI engines can be used wherever they are, in any folder or any disk on the computer.
The configuration files with the extension *.uci are always saved in the folder /
Documents and Settings/Username/Application Data/ChessBase/Engines.UCI.
When you install new ChessBase programs the engines are automatically put into the
Engines directory.
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3.10.2 Default engine
M e nu F ile - Opt ions - Engine
Boa rd w indow : Hom e - De fa ult Kibit ze r.
In this dialog you can make one analysis engine your default engine. You can also set
the hash table size for this engine.
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