Author: James T. Walker
Date: 15:32:46 02/05/01
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On February 05, 2001 at 11:53:40, Albert Silver wrote: >On February 05, 2001 at 11:30:24, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On February 05, 2001 at 09:13:40, Albert Silver wrote: >> >>>On February 04, 2001 at 18:29:12, James T. Walker wrote: >>> >>>>How many programs can now be programmed for the new FIDE time control of 40/75 >>>>plus all/15 with +30 seconds per move from move 1 ?? >>>>Jim >>> >>>It is possible to set this time control in Chess Assistant 5 and 6, which >>>support Tiger 12, Tiger 13 (CA6 only), Tiger Gambit (CA6 only), Winboard >>>engines, and the Millenium Chess System engines such as Shredder 4, Shredder 5 >>>(CA6 only), Zarkov 5, etc. >>> >>> Albert >> >>Hello Albert, >>I own Shredder 5 and I know of no way to program it for the new FIDE rules. Can >>you post here how it is done? >>Thanks, >>Jim > >Sorry Jim, I wouldn't know about the actual Shredder 5 interface, but if you >should get Chess Assistant 6 (CA5 only supports Shredder 4 AFAIK) when it comes >out, you will be able to use Shredder 5 as an engine in it and be able to set >the time controls there. Both CA5 and CA6 allow you to set this new dreadful >time control of FIDE's. > > Albert Hello Albert, Thanks for the info. Believe it or not I am considering getting CA6. I guess the programmers should make a patch for their programs but I'm not going to hold my breath. I complained about the shortcommings of one top program in setting time controls about 3 years ago but the problem is still there. Jim
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