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Subject: Re: CCT5: Now 17 participants

Author: Andreas Herrmann

Date: 12:12:53 11/17/02

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On November 17, 2002 at 14:38:21, Brian Richardson wrote:

>On November 17, 2002 at 14:24:05, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
>
>>On November 17, 2002 at 11:58:21, Tim Foden wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>Hi Tim,
>>
>>good idea, but is it possible to connect to a chess server with 2 different
>>loggins on only one computer and only one internet connection? And how to get a
>>computer account at FICS? I have tryd it before about 6 month, but it was only
>>possible to insert human datas for an account, and not computer datas.
>>
>>have a nice day
>>Andreas
>
>Yes, you can run many connections with Winboard to ICC.
>Since that is the server for the match, why not make sure
>your program works there?

AFAIK at the ICC it cost money and you can only try for a week. So if i have to
make bigger changes in my engine, that it works fine, then perhaps the week is
past and i can't try out my changes again.

Andreas




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