Author: Pete Galati
Date: 20:11:57 07/08/99
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On July 08, 1999 at 20:25:31, Dave C. wrote: >On July 08, 1999 at 16:54:19, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: > >>Pete, >> >>Lemme guess: you have stocks in Winboard Inc. :-) >> >>But you're right. With Winboard you have a lot of command line options. You can >>download a lot of engines. Add parameters like /fcp=jeroenchess.exe >>/scp=petechess.exe /mg 100 /sgf c:\compchess.pgn and you have all you want. >> >I'm assuming from the name of Winboard that it is a Windows program. Yet, what >you noted above concerning parameters appears to be DOS related. Is Winboard a >DOS application? > I wasn't going to step back into this discusion again, but no it's a Windows 95 interface program, but Windows is Dos with a GUI coating on it, but most programs still let you do path stuff here and there. But see elsewhere in this threat because it's a download that you should get to know even if you do have Fritz. Pete >>There are two "but's". No tournaments with a lot of engines like in the Fritz >>family. Sometimes in Winboard eng-eng games I notice engines loose on time in >>won positions because of very sloppy time management. (take GNU-chess, for a >>change). >>Fritz and Hiarcs won't do that (maybe once or so). >> >>And Hiarcs or Fritz are great analysis and training partners. >>Fritz is for fast tactical crunches, Hiarcs is more for "positional" >>understanding. > >Have you heard whether the version of Fritz that did so well at Padaborn will >become available and should I wait for it before purchasing a Fritz program? > >> >>Both come with the same (Fritz 5) interface. The engines can be used vice versa. I love them both, but should you start buy Fritz 5.32. You'll get to Hiarcs 7.32 eventually, whether you like it or not. >>And lots of freeware engines can be used with the winboard adapter available on >>the CB pages. (Not all too successful) >> >>Jeroen ;-} >> >> >> ps. Well, let's start a row over CM6K, will we, Pete? :-D
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