Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 09:03:02 06/30/98
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On June 29, 1998 at 23:38:24, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote: >On June 29, 1998 at 15:41:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 29, 1998 at 14:53:33, Komputer Korner wrote: >> >>>right now there are 5 automated publicly available ways to play matches between >>>2 computer programs >>>1) autoplayers >>>2) chess servers >>>3) Fritz engine vs engine GUI >>>4) Winboard interface >>>5) Kerrigan's interface >>> >>>Are there some I missed? > >On Mac's, there's an AppleScript interface from Rolf Exner that >a number of Mac chess programs support. This only allows >games between programs on one machine, however, which has >oft-discussed disadvantages. Right now, there are versions of >MacChess, Crafty (old), GNUChess and ZZZZZZ that support this >interface, and two other programmers have expressed interest. > >>> >>>Kerrigan has the advantage (so he says ) of being able to automate tournaments >>>between x number of programs. If the others don't adopt this capability, they >>>will be left behind as more and more programs will gravitate to the interface >>>that allows automated matches. What say you programmers? >> >>1. To the best of my knowledge, Tom doesn't have such an interface. He >>has proposed a communication protocol that would make writing such an >>interface possible. But I'm not aware of his having written the program. >> >>2. The chess server is the most interesting approach, because it offers >>the most possible games, at the cheapest cost. Designing yet another >>protocol into a chess program is a headache. Once you can play on ICC, >>you can play *anywhere*. If you have a unix box, you can even install a >>mini chess server if you want... > >I thought that being Winboard compatible made you server compatible - >that Winboard provided a server interface. Not true? > >Richard Yes, Winboard acts like a chess interface and chess server for engines. -- Komputer Korner
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