Which chess engine is using Chess Buddy ?

[elcriollito]

Does any one know which chess engine the Chess Buddy is using

another question,i have that program, and i saw that there is an option where i can choose another engine,which engine is recomended to use on this program beside the one that already got it?

[matematiko]

Last time I checked, Chessbuddy uses a chess engine called "tao" (written by Bas Hamstra from the Netherlands), and a very limited opening book(564 Kb).

You can use very much any UCI engine with chessbuffy ( I mean .... chessbuddy), but you are still limited to the tao oppening book.

Note: Tao 5.6 has an estimated ELO of 2569.

Cheers,

[m.t_mode]

Actually, Chess Buddy uses an engine called "VCYin54" now. I can't say that it's a very strong engine, but not bad either.
Matematiko is right, Chess Buddy uses a very limited book, and it can't be changed unfortunately, but loading different engines into it is fortunately possible. To do this, you should copy your engine to the C:/Program Files/Chess Buddy Yahoo/Engine folder. After that, open your program, go to Program Options and mark the "Use another engine" option, then select the engine you copied into your Chess Buddy Yahoo folder. You can mark the "Make it default engine" option if you want it to be your main engine.

What's interesting is that you can use 64-bit Engines with Chess Buddy even if you don't have a 64-bit CPU and a 64-Bit Operating System.

[matematiko]

You can download TAO here http://www.chessbase.com/download/engin ... %20tao.exe

After launching the self extracting exactutable, the name of file that contains the engine is VCYin54.exe . So I guess we both are rigth m.t_mode.

Thanks for the aditional info in how to set up different engines under chessbuffy (grrrrrrrrr.... chessbuddy I mean).

Cheers,

[elcriollito]

Thanks for the info.
i have to buy those books you guys read,very interesting this forum

[matematiko]

Thanks for the info.
i have to buy those books you guys read,very interesting this forum

Books? What books?
Everything is out there in the net. "If you search, you'll find", "El que busca, encuentra". "Will is Power", "Querer es poder". Most of us learn by trial an error, and by searching, and sharing ideas and finds like we do here in this forum.

Cheers,

[elcriollito]

HI people
i have news from ChessBuddy Yahoo
I loaded a chess engine differente than what i has,i loaded (Fruit 2.3.1) and i still playing strong around 2200 elo, the only weak side is the opening,
but at least people can try switch engine and play with new stuff

[elcriollito]

First of all,go and get your chess engine
I have played with Fruit,Rybka,and this is really fast
so start with these 2 faster engine

1-open chessbuddy prog

2-go to option and clik
this is what u gonna see

3-check on "Use another engine"
4-Browser your new engine
5-load it
6-save
7-ready,enjoy it

[m.t_mode]

This is the best explanation elcriollito, thank you for that. Guys, I can suggest you to load Rybka 2.3 into it, because its default engine is really weak.

[dene]

Yeah, Rybka 2.3.2a works really well in chessbuddy

[m.t_mode]

Then what's lacking is a good book

[dene]

Then what's lacking is a good book

Indeed!

[chess_pr0]

ok i tried downloading fruit and putting it into chess buddy.. anybody got a link to where u can download fruit or shredder for chess buddy and also what all teh steps needed into making sure u are in fact using the new engine when u install it into chess buddy. i got a 1800 rating on yahoo chess thats it. my chess buddy gets raped by 1800's .. also how do i strengthen buddy.. make it play smarter/stronger? how i set it for that.. also is yay better than chess buddy comes w/ strong engines? I WANNA GET 2400+ LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN YAHOO CHESS ADVANCED LOUNGE.. UHHH

[elcriollito]

Chess_pro if u still need the engine for your chessbuddy pm,so i can send u the link for the rapidshare

yay is a prog that take your Fritz or Shredder GUI connected to Yaho,it is just that

[chess_pr0]

how do i get Rybka 2.3.2a working in chessbuddy link to download.. also where do i save the download file on my computer and steps to make it work...... and how can i make chess buddies play strength stronger.... what timer setting shud i make on it i got the current version thats avaliable on playbuddy.com