Re: [Scid-users] Chess Puzzles

2015-03-08 Thread James K. Williams
Ah, that's much better than my way. Thank you. - Original Message - From: "Benoit St-Pierre" To: "Scid Users List" Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2015 8:31:45 AM Subject: Re: [Scid-users] Chess Puzzles > Then I start the analysis engine but quickly cove

[Scid-users] Chess Puzzles - error msg

2015-03-06 Thread jkexcel
I'm using phalanx-24-win32 as the current engine. I just tried a new puzzle. I haven't played though it yet. All that exists is the starting positions. I have the GAME REVIEW window visible and I make my first move. I see the two red boxes and the arrow which shows the destination and then the e

[Scid-users] Chess Puzzles

2015-03-06 Thread jkexcel
added engine Toga-30-32-ja Adding this didn't help. Still can't use training, or tactical play. Here are the steps I used to add phalanx: downloaded phalanx Phalanx-XXIV-Win32.zipunzipped phalanxtransferred 5 files to ./Scid-4.5.2/bin/enginescygwin1.dllphalanx.exeeco.phalanxpbook.phalanxsbook.ph

Re: [Scid-users] Chess Puzzles

2015-03-05 Thread Fred Mellender
Please forgive if this is off topic: I have a free chess puzzle program (for Windows) at https://sites.google.com/site/fredm/. It is called YATT; here is a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEYPDWK1BaY&feature=youtu.be I wrote it, in part, to replace the difficulties with using SCID

Re: [Scid-users] Chess Puzzles

2015-03-05 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
> Then I start the analysis engine but quickly cover up its output with another window. Right-clicking into the analysis window hides the analysis lines. A message "click here to see moves" should appear. Hiding the move can be triggered before the engine runs, so there's no need to click with o

Re: [Scid-users] Chess Puzzles

2015-03-04 Thread Kevin Taylor
Hi, Go to Training->Tactics and select one of the tactics databases. Does this work for you? It should prompt you to solve each problem, with the answer automatically checked by the computer engine. It also marks the ones you get right or wrong. I've done several thousand tactics using this featu

Re: [Scid-users] Chess Puzzles

2015-03-04 Thread James K. Williams
kex...@comcast.net To: scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:40:17 PM Subject: [Scid-users] Chess Puzzles SCID v4.5.2, Nov 2013 (32bit) Using Tcl/Tk v8.6.1 Win7x64 SP1 with all known updates Can SCID be used to play chess puzzles? That is not show the the next m

[Scid-users] Chess Puzzles

2015-03-04 Thread jkexcel
SCID v4.5.2, Nov 2013 (32bit)Using Tcl/Tk v8.6.1Win7x64 SP1 with all known updates Can SCID be used to play chess puzzles? That is not show the the next move unless it is the correct move has been found. I reallize that SCID was not designed for this purpose, but I'm wondering if there is a