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Subject: Re: ExaChess Tourney - starting pains.

Author: Richard A. Fowell

Date: 22:52:18 12/04/00

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On December 05, 2000 at 01:22:52, Will Singleton wrote:

>On December 04, 2000 at 22:28:20, Richard A. Fowell wrote:
>
>>I'm having some difficulty getting this started - in my trial runs
>>(50 game matches) between:
>>
>>Screamer vs Sigma Chess
>>Sigma Chess vs. Screamer 1.0b55
>>Vanessa Chess vs. Screamer ...
>>
>>I was unable to get any match to proceed through two complete games
>>(and only the Vanessa Chess game got through the first game entire).
>>Preliminary indication indicates that each game hung at some point where
>>Screamer had made a move, but ExaChess didn't receive the move.
>>
>>I'm using ExaChess 2.1 Lite - is that any part of the problem?
>>I can easily use the "Pro" version.
>>
>>-Richard
>
>I was never able to get ExaChess to work playing automated matches.  That's part
>of the reason I moved to another format for online play.
>
>It's a pretty simple matter to get an interface spec which will allow automated
>matches.  I'm running such a match on ICC now.  Note that it has to be done on
>separate machines, so you need either a ICC-like server or some other connection
>device.  But the Fixation spec will allow automated matches on ICC without
>difficulty.
>
>Will

I was able to get ExaChess to run 50 game matches between Screamer and
Crafty fairly reliably a few months ago. Which is why I thought things
were ready for "prime time".

-Richard



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