Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 13:18:44 12/25/02
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On December 23, 2002 at 22:35:04, John Merlino wrote: >On December 23, 2002 at 20:37:04, SedatCambaz wrote: > >>Ýs it possible Francesca M.A.D 0.06 to play with white in Chessmaster 9000Gui? >> >>Thanks in forwards > >It was never determined why Francesca had problems in the CM GUI. I contacted >the author of Francesca a couple of years ago when this problem was discovered >with CM8000, but apparently nothing was done about it. > >jm Well Francesca is rather problematic in any interface except for Winboard.For example,I think Arena has the same problem , Francesa can't play as white. One rather complicated way to play Francesca (as white) versus Chessmaster i've found is to use Francesa as white in Winboard and use Eberhard Boerger's winboard auto232 adaptor as black in winboard, and do the reverse for Chessmaster. In the Chessmaster GUI, chessmaster (or any other personality/engine running in chessmaster) will be black, and yet another winboard auto232 adaptor plays as White. To recap In Winboard White : Francesa Black : Eberhard Boerger's winboard auto232 adaptor In Chessmaster White : Eberhard Boerger's winboard auto232 adaptor (another copy) Black : Chessmaster (or any personality) Essentially, the 2 auto232 winboard adaptors relay moves between Winboard and Chessmaster interfaces. That seems to work. It's a fine irony though that two Winboard compatiable engines have to resort to auto232 to match up on one computer though. You could have used Arena (www.playwitharena.com,free) and use only one winboard auto232 adaptor since Arena is now auto232 capable, but unfortunately Francesa doesn't seem to work as white there too.. Aaron PS I kind of remember a post by Odd Gunnar Malin about how to cure it using inbetween in the Winboard forum, but I can't find it.
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