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=== Starting the program: ===
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If, for any reason, the two supplied (provided) shortcuts do not work, please start the file GEN32WIN.EXE in the main Genius program directory. If you wish you can make a working shortcut by your own.

ChessGenius Classic ---> GEN32WIN.EXE

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Installation instructions (manual):

1. Download the package you want to use (corresponding, suitable for your system - x32, x64, x64 SSE4.2 (POPCNT), x64 Haswell).
2. Unzip it in your program files directory (could be C:\Program Files (x86), D:\Program Files, etc.).
3. Open the program folder (ChessGenius Classic), select file 'GEN32WIN.EXE' and run (start) it.

Optional you can create a shortcut to that file and place it anywhere you want:

1. Right click on file 'GEN32WIN.EXE' - "Copy".
2. Right click anywhere in the directory (place) where you want to have a shortcut to it - "Paste shortcut".
3. Right click on the shortcut file "GEN32WIN.EXE - Shortcut" - "Rename".
4. Write 'Genius GUI' or 'ChessGenius GUI' and press Enter.

5. Enjoy Stockfish on ChessGenius GUI.

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Configuration settings applied:

Pack 1 - 1 core', permanent brain on, 32 MB hash - 32bit
Pack 2 - 2 cores, permanent brain on, 128MB hash - x64
Pack 3 - 2 cores, permanent brain on, 128MB hash - x64 POPCNT
Pack 4 - 2 cores, permanent brain on, 128MB hash - x64 BMI2

Cores, PB, Hash, TB can be adjusted as well.

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GeniusGUI Distro Pack v1.01

ChessGenius Classic 7.200E

Latest Genius package:

Package:

What's included in the Genius Pack?
What do you get?

- The fast, compact, lightweight, stable, malware free, latest ChessGenius Classic 7.200E graphical user interface.
- Five engines:
  - For 64-bit systems with SSE4.2 support: Stockfish 7 x64 POPCNT (64-bit);
  - For 64-bit systems (generic): Stockfish 7 x64 (64-bit) - default engine (ponder on);
  - For 64-bit systems with BMI2 support (Haswell): Stockfish 7 x64 BMI2 (64-bit);
  - For 32-bit systems: Stockfish 7 x32 (32-bit) and Genius 7 (32-bit only).
- Configuration:
  - engines' Hash Table Size configuration (in ENG and polyglot.ini files) is for 128MB (32MB for the 32bit).
  - Permanent Brain (Ponder) can be easily switched ON or OFF.
- Books:
  - Nice PolyGlot BIN format opening book (performance.bin by Marc Lacrosse, default bin book).
  - The Genius default graphical user front end nice opening book (by Ossi Weiner).
- Converters:
  - Genius' WinBoard converter (for WB to Genius protocol by Stefan Meyer-Khalen).
  - PolyGlot 1.4.70b (from UCI to WB protocol by Michel van den Bergh).
- Settings:
  - Configuration and example ini and eng files.

ToDo:
The entire full documentation to be added in the package (not only for development purposes, but for not-to-forget).

In order to keep the download file size as smaller as possible, currently there are no big books and EGTBs in the pack.
They can be downloaded additionally from the other sections of the site.

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For an even easier setup, here are prepared 4 packages, depending on the supported system. Download the appropriate preinstalled version according to the used platform.
They are all the same with the only difference is the default engine set (every package includes all the versions/variants, just the default engine set is different).

- for Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10

- x32 pack (32bit) - working on every system - default engine Stockfish 7 x32.
- x64 pack (64bit) - working on all 64 bit systems - default engine Stockfish 7 x64.
- x64 SSE4.2 (POPCNT) pack (64bit, advanced) - working on most 64 bit systems with POPCNT/SSE4.2 support - default engine Stockfish 7 x64 SSE4.2.
- x64 BMI2 (Haswell) pack (64bit, most advanced) - working on 64 bit Intel Haswell systems - default engine Stockfish 7 x64 BMI2.

Hope you will enjoy them in this great GUI.

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