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Subject: Re: Do current programs offer an API ?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 16:11:00 02/26/02

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On February 26, 2002 at 19:09:00, John Wentworth2 wrote:

>This may not be needed but I can't seem to locate any software that will
>automate the competition between two chess programs connected via IP address. I
>was thinking of creating an application that could communicate with the chess
>engines and communicate moves back and forth that way. The reason I was thinking
>of this is because I could never get the Auto232 to work from the various
>programs that support it. Again this might not be needed, I am certainly not an
>expert in this area.

You don't need to do that.  You can run over the network using TCP/IP with
Winboard even without connecting to a server like FICS.  You do need to have
rcmd installed on the target machine, though, and ability to run it.



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