Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:49:01 02/26/02
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On February 26, 2002 at 19:36:17, John Wentworth2 wrote: >On February 26, 2002 at 19:11:00, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>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. > >What is rcmd and where can I get it? Can I use winboard with programs like >Fritz, Hiarcs, Chessmaster? Fritz -- no (maybe some way I don't know about) Hiarcs -- not sure (I think there is some way to do it) ChessMaster -- Yes (See the Winboard forum for details). You can run lots of different kinds of chess engines under Chess Assistant. That includes Winboard engines, Zarkov and MCS engines like Shredder.
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