Author: Mike S.
Date: 12:21:30 05/08/02
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On May 08, 2002 at 14:46:59, John Merlino wrote: >(...) >I have no idea what "nasty tricks" you are >talking about. The CM8000 GUI is 100% >Winboard compatible. If you are referring to the OPK number required to run The >King outside of the CM GUI, then that is >a completely different matter entirely, >and it is related to copy protection; it has nothing to do with the Winboard >implementation. The solution would be to put an independent copy protection (CD request) into the engine. Some other manufactureres do this, which means their engines can be used in every GUI which support that engine protocol, without any further hassle that to insert the CD then and when. If CM would do it like that for The King too, this would add much usability for users, who like to play engine matches. From that viewpoint, it would also be useful if The King was also UCI compatible (there are some freeware engines where the same binary ist compatible to WB and UCI at the same time). In this case, The King could be used in the Fritz 7 GUI, too (much easier than now with that OPK stuff). IMO this would result in a kind of "synergy effect". (Btw. personally, I'm not so much "into" engine matches - although I run some then and when - but I like some of the other new features you've announced. Especially the new Waitzkin course, Tablebase support, copy&paste PGN/EPD). Another question: How will the "Follow The Game" exercises work? Are they very similar to "Match The Masters" games which were included so far, IOW. predict-the-move style? Thanks, Mike Scheidl P.S. No chance to have an improved notation display this time (flow text notation)? I hereby increase the number of suggestion for that to *4* :o)
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