Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 09:44:55 11/05/01
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On November 05, 2001 at 12:20:55, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On November 05, 2001 at 11:20:59, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: > >>I never entered an "On the board" computer chess competition so there must be >>something that I am missing. What's the big problem with using winboard? > >You cannot adjust WinBoard's clock. ok, but... is that a real problem? as long as you can adjust the internal clock. >>Why >>can't the engine ask you once in a while how much time has been wasted by the >>operator or whatever? What's the big deal? Is it not allowed? > >That's perfectly possible and that is what I was doing. Ok, if that is possible, I do not understand all the bitching against Winboard that Vincent was doing. Winboard has everything needed then to nicely operate an engine in a tournament. Am I missing something else? > >>Why do the people need to restart an engine plus the interface??? > >Because if your engine can't/doesn't ask you for the >time it has wasted, the only way to correct WinBoards clock >is restarting WinBoard. but you do not need to correct winboard clock if the engine knows how much time has been wasted. I do not think a restart should be allowed for this reason. A restart could be a big advantage in some situations. A programmer should either use the interface that suits their program accordingly or in this case use some of the properties of the interface (winboard). Regards, Miguel > >-- >GCP
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