Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:45:58 07/16/00
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On July 16, 2000 at 13:54:34, Michel Langeveld wrote:
>I already registered a new Crafty on ICC called Wild5Crafty.
>It hasn't lost yet :-P. But not too many games where played against it.
>
I posted this response on the crafty mailing list, but it bears repeating
again. Crafty has _always_ been able to play wild 5 on a chess server. Xboard
or winboard use the "edit" command to correctly set the starting position.
The patch given here is only useful if the operator wants to play crafty a
wild 5 game in 'text console mode'.
>Kind regards,
>
>Michel Langeveld
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>| |
>| "wild" command sets up an ICS wild position (only 7 at |
>| present, but any can be added easily, except for those |
>| that Crafty simply can't play (two kings, invisible |
>| pieces, etc.) |
>| |
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>*/
> else if (OptionMatch("wild",*args)) {
> int i;
>
> if (nargs < 2) {
> printf("usage: wild <value>\n");
> return(1);
> }
> i=atoi(args[1]);
> switch (i) {
> case 5:
> strcpy(buffer,"setboard RNBKQBNR/PPPPPPPP/8/8/8/8/pppppppp/rnbkqbnr w");
> (void) Option(tree);
> break;
> case 7:
> strcpy(buffer,"setboard 4k/5ppp/////PPP/3K/ w");
> (void) Option(tree);
> break;
> default:
> printf("sorry, only wild5 and wild7 implemented at present\n");
> break;
> }
> }
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