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Subject: Re: CCT5: Now 17 participants

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 12:36:47 11/17/02

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On November 17, 2002 at 15:12:53, Andreas Herrmann wrote:

>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

You can loggin freely as a guest : login:"g"; password: <- left blank
many other guests seek for 5 0 very often ...



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