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Subject: Re: Crafty epdxxxx commands Re: Simple Winboard Question

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:28:16 06/08/00

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On June 07, 2000 at 21:21:36, Brian Richardson wrote:
>On June 07, 2000 at 10:43:30, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>On June 07, 2000 at 10:29:43, Brian Richardson wrote:
>>>On June 06, 2000 at 16:50:30, Jeff Lischer wrote:
>>>>Is there an easy way to run an epd test suite within Winboard?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>I don't think Winboard directly supports running epd test suites.  You can
>>>import fen positions, but only one at a time.  It would be cumbersome to create
>>>.bat and .ini files to run the whole suite.  Most programs have implemented a
>>>"test" command instead (that does not run under winboard).
>>>Also, Crafty's format is a little different (needs "setboard") from most.
>>
>>
>>The "test" format in crafty was copied from Cray Blitz.  However, crafty has
>>_full_ EPD support and can run any EPD test suite without any changes needed
>>to the suite.
>
>Well, I have been looking at Crafty for over a year and never noticed all of the
>epdxxxx commands until just now.  Cool.

The EPD processing in crafty is (hands down) the best in existance in any
program, free, shareware, commercial, or otherwise.  Since the author of the PGN
standard, Steven J. Edwards, wrote that segment, it is probably not very
surprising.

I am awaiting the new PGN standard and any tools that SJE provides with great
anticipation.




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