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Subject: Re: CCT5: Now 17 participants

Author: Tim Foden

Date: 08:58:21 11/17/02

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On November 17, 2002 at 10:25:45, Andreas Herrmann wrote:

>On November 17, 2002 at 09:37:02, Volker Richey wrote:
>
>>On November 17, 2002 at 09:33:17, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:
>>
>>>On November 17, 2002 at 03:23:03, Volker Richey wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>see more details at:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.vrichey.de/cct5
>>>>
>>>>Volker
>>>
>>>Q: Do I need to be a member?
>>>A:
>>>Yes. Many author already has accounts for their programs. If you
>>>don't have one and wish to join this tournament send me an email
>>>and I will help you set one up.
>>>
>>>I guess for free, right?
>>>Miguel
>>
>>Yes.
>>
>>Free for one month.
>>
>>Volker
>
>i hope some days before the tournament starts. So that NON members can setup the
>connection in the right way and test a little bit before the tournament starts.
>I have implemented completely all Winbaord commands in the current version of
>Holmes. But there are some commands that can be tested only on a chess server
>like playother, (ics) ... and i have never playd on a chess server. So i'm not
>sure if Holmes works also fine on a chess server.
>
>have a nice day
>Andreas

Just connect to a chess server as a guest, once with your engine, and once as a
human, and start a match human vs. computer.  This way you can debug your
connection before you get one for real.

You could sign up for FICS, although some people report problems getting
computer accounts there... but I had no problem for GLC.

Cheers, Tim.



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