Author: John Merlino
Date: 10:23:08 11/24/00
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On November 24, 2000 at 03:04:01, Jason Williamson wrote: >The problem is Chessmaster get lines from The King engine in a non xboard >compliant way (I think) and thus doesn't know how to make xboard engines send >the pv to it. > >JW Incorrect. All communication between Chessmaster and ANY engine is XBoard compliant EXCEPT for the extensions required by the special features of Chessmaster (solve for mate, game analysis, hints, etc.). Other than that, it's all XBoard spec. I know this to be true because, in earlier versions of The King before the security code was put in, the engine worked fine in any freeware Winboard application. jm > > >On November 23, 2000 at 13:34:12, Ernst Walet wrote: > >>I meant that the King engine would do this, not xboards engines, merely for >>analysis. i'm curious when the King sticks at a move what move that is. >> >>Ernst. >> >>On November 22, 2000 at 22:11:02, Jason Williamson wrote: >> >>>On November 22, 2000 at 15:37:24, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On November 22, 2000 at 12:00:57, Ernst Walet wrote: >>>> >>>>>It would be nice to show in the "thinking lines" window what move the engine is >>>>>currently thinking at, ie. after the node count. >>>>> >>>>>Ernst. >>>>> >>>> >>>>The problem is that most engines (such as Crafty) do not report what move they >>>>are currently thinking about in response to a "stat01" message (which is the >>>>message that drives the line of data that you are referring to). Therefore, >>>>since it is not part of the Xboard spec, it is not included in the output. >>>> >>>>jm >>> >>>Hmm, how about this suggestion. Some engines can whisper or kibitz, and do so >>>by default. For example Yace, Crafty, Comet, and many others. Perhaps make it >>>possible to display this whisper or kibitz. >>> >>>JW
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