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Subject: Re: Thanks, Bas !

Author: Matthias Gemuh

Date: 16:23:36 08/21/02

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On August 21, 2002 at 18:39:42, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 21, 2002 at 17:33:05, Bas Hamstra wrote:
>
>>On August 21, 2002 at 16:44:17, Matthias Gemuh wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Till today my engine ponders and analyzes only in UCI mode.
>>>All attempts to find my way through the messy Winboard protocol have failed.
>>>Some say Winboard has a force mode. They however never name the other modes.
>>>
>>>Matthias.
>>
>>You are not the only one of course, I remember having problems too, and NEVER
>>have been 100% satisfied EVER about my WB code. I got it to work only after I
>>got stuck a couple of times first, and finally realized it was a tough job and
>>it simply can't be done right in a couple of hours. Got a command. Wait, AM I
>>pondering? If yes, do I have to stop the search? Oops, it pondered to mate, it
>>is not searching. Different case. But uhm, do I have to retract that pondermove?
>>Depends on the command. Mindboggling.
>
>I think that it can be easy if someone may right a simple pondering engine.
>
>I think that if someone only add pondering to tscp and make the code public then
>it may help programmers to implement pondering in a short time.
>
>Uri


I once suggested (Winboard Forum) that someone should write pseudo code for
pondering under WB, but I was told that is not possible.

Matthias.











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