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Subject: Re: GNU chess question

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 19:27:02 02/26/02

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On February 26, 2002 at 20:02:12, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:

>On February 26, 2002 at 19:51:56, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On February 26, 2002 at 19:47:46, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:
>>
>>>Does GNU chess 5 come with its own GUI like the 4.X versions?
>>
>>Way back in version 3, someone made a GUI version.  Usually, you just use
>>Winboard.
>>
>>> It seems to use
>>>only Winboard.Approximate SSDF Elo of the Latest Version.?
>>
>>Hard to say, since it is very new.  At game in 5 minutes, here is a small
>>crosstable from some games that I ran to get a rough feel:
>>
>>    Program           Elo    +   -   Games   Score   Av.Op.  Draws
>>  1 Sjeng 12.9      : 2327   78  73    75    53.3 %   2303   16.0 %
>>  2 GNU Chess 5.03  : 2303   29  25   555    51.0 %   2297   18.0 %
>>  3 GNUChess-414    : 2292   27  31   480    48.3 %   2303   18.3 %
>>
>>As you can see, it is about the same strength as GnuChess 4 (which is an
>>improvement, since GnuChess 4 was definitely stronger than GnuChess 5.00).
>>
>>>Why has it not been
>>>tested by SSDF?
>>
>>Crafty is the only free engine that has been tested by the SSDF.

>Is there anyway to avoid using winboard and use the GUI for the 4.X version for
>the 5.03?

I don't know the answer to that question.  Even the 4.x GUI won't build with
modern compilers, since it used old non-standard features.

Why not just use Winboard?



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