Unzip the downloaded archive, which contains the following files:
ghost2_win32_v2_0_1.exe:
The engine (requires the cygwin1.dll)
settings.cfg:
Optimized settings (use the command line option
--read_settings settings.cfg)
kp_kp.gbb:
Ghost Bitbases (king+pawn vs king+pawn)
kpp_kp_ram.gbb:
Ghost Bitbases (king+pawn+pawn vs king+pawn
with one pawn ram)
cygwin1.dll:
Required because the executable has been built with
GCC 4.5 under Cygwin
It is recommended to use a graphical user interface, e.g.,
WinBoard
or Arena.
To show the help screen, start the engine (without a GUI)
and enter help.
Tuning guide:
Always load the optimized settings:
--read_settings settings.cfg
Increase the transposition table
(e.g., --hash trans 1G)
Check whether the bitbases files (kp_kp.gbb and kpp_kp_ram.gbb)
are in the same directory as the executable
Troubleshooting:
Loading Nalimov tablebases can be tricky, because the
Windows executable (generated by GCC under Cygwin) seems to
have problems with native pathnames.
Using Cygwin's naming convention avoids that problem.
For example, to load the tablebases
from "D:\tablebases", use the following command line option:
--tb nalimov 8M /cygdrive/d/tablebases
