Author: Allen Lake
Date: 22:24:45 02/10/02
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Uri, Playing a game under Winboard isn't the only thing I use Winboard engines for. Have you ever looked at the free chess database Scid (http://scid.sourceforge.net)? Winboard engines can be used as analysis engines in Scid, just like you can use Fritz as an analysis engine in Chessbase. I know from experience (and from looking at the Scid source code!) that engines that implement the "protover 2" command and the "feature analyze=1" response to that command (if your engine supports analysis mode, that is) work the best with Scid. Other engines can work with Scid, but they often don't work well or seamlessly with Scid. With other Winboard-compatible applications such as Scid and Arena gaining usershare and mindshare out there, why wouldn't you want to implement the WB protocol 2 feature set? Using the WB protocol 1 feature set is a quick way to get your engine working for Winboard play, but it ultimately limits uses of your engine beyond Winboard. My $0.02US, Allen
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