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Subject: Re: Winboard and "/mg xx" start parameter

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 09:31:31 10/14/99

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On October 14, 1999 at 08:24:52, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On October 14, 1999 at 05:56:32, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>Why do I get a lot of these games??
>>
>>[Event "Computer chess game"]
>>[Site "PC410USKI"]
>>[Date "1999.10.14"]
>>[Round "7"]
>>[White "Crafty"]
>>[Black "Lg2000a"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[TimeControl "60/180"]
>>
>>1. e4
>>{Black resigns} 1-0
>>
>>thanks Jouni
>
>I'm guessing that this happens when an engine sends 'resign' more than once.
>The first one is accepted, and a new game is started.  However, the second
>'resign' command is still in the buffer, and gets sent at the beginning of this
>game.  I've even seen this happen on FICS sometimes playing a long lightning
>match - one program will resign at the beginning of a game, because it sent more
>than one resign command in the previous game.
>
>It's probably something that could easily be corrected in Winboard (if Tim is
>reading this :) - Just clear the pipes/buffers when a new game is started, so
>that old commands aren't sent.
>
>Jeremiah


He recently posted here and said that he prefers email for Winboard problems.
Apparently he doesn't read CCC regularly.

--Peter



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