INSTALLATION: ------------- There is no formal install script, but the following steps have worked pretty well for me: 1. Make a directory to hold the engine, e.g. C:\chess 2. Unzip the file "djinn925x.zip" in this directory. It will create a new subdirectory called "djinn925x", so your directory structure will approximate the following: C:\chess\djinn925x The zip file should have unpacked to provide a directory structure roughly corresponding to: README.windows - This file djinn925x.exe - The engine bin/ - This directory contains any other executables I decide to include at the last moment. It also contains a copy of the engine's configuration file. You should edit this file for your setup. bitmaps/ - These bitmaps are necessary if you wish to run an EPD test suite and have the output displayed in HTML. To make this work you will need to move this directory to the directory you start the engine in. book/ - Contains a small binary book and the ASCII text for a much bigger book. docs/ CHANGES - List of changes I've made to the program LATEST - The latest changes since the last major release TODO - Future items I intend to add Users_guide.html - The user's guide in HTML format Users_guide.pdf - The user's guide in PDF format djinn.rc - An example configuration file winboard.ini - An example of a Winboard configuration file extras/ - A few goodies you might find useful. logs/ - An empty directory for storing the program's log files. test/ - Example FEN and EPD files. 3. Winboard ------------ To run the engine under Winboard, you should first download the latest version of Winboard (ver. 4.2.7+) from Tim Mann's webpage. http://www.tim-mann.org/chess.html 4. After installing Winboard, you should copy the example "winboard.ini" file under the docs directory to (this assumes that your main hard-drive is C:\) C:\Program Files\Winboard 5. Once you start Winboard select the "Play against an engine" option from the intial dialog. Select Djinn and you are ready to go. enjoy, --tom