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Hi Robert....
What about the problem in Arena 3? Almost always Houdini with ponder on lost in tournaments after book mooves with "Arena Adjudication. Illegal move!"!!!!!!
Does the same problem exist in Arena 2.5 or Arena 2.0?

Robert

No problem with arena 2. I don't checked it with arena 2.5. I ...

The maintenance update Houdini 1.5a is available, see http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm .

This update is primarily aimed at Fritz GUI users, and fixes two problems Houdini 1.5 experienced in the Fritz GUI:
- Long engine matches could generate time control issues
- Deep Position analysis didn ...

Svetislav wrote:Make sure that you have checked (or un-checked !) "Ponder" at two places in Arena:

1) Engines - Ponder
2) Engines - Manage - UCI - Ctrl+1 - Ponder

That should solve your problem.

Good luck,
Svetislav

Unfortunaly it doesn't work...
It works only if ponder is off (until now)

Svetislav wrote:Make sure that you have checked (or un-checked !) "Ponder" at two places in Arena:

1) Engines - Ponder
2) Engines - Manage - UCI - Ctrl+1 - Ponder

That should solve your problem.

Good luck,
Svetislav

Thank's for your advice.
I'll test it
Thank's again...

There is a problem when I use Houdini 1.5 w32 with arena 3.0. After book moove always I take the message "Arena Adjudication. Illegal move".
The problem occur with ALL Houdini versions (older one..)!

With Arena 2.0.1 there is no problem.

I have windows xp pro greek version (32-bit)

Any solution?