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Subject: Re: I still have problems with kibitzing

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 00:37:03 01/14/03

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On January 14, 2003 at 03:32:34, Sune Fischer wrote:

>On January 14, 2003 at 03:22:20, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>I now see that I cannot play games under winboard
>>
>>Winboard always give me a box in automatic comp-comp games under winboard(games
>>on one computer).
>>
>>I thought that winboard ignore tellall information when I play under winboard
>>but it does not do it.
>>
>>I guess that I need to implement something that tell me if I play under winboard
>>or not
>
>You mean if you are connected to a chess server or not?
>
>There is an ICS command in winboard, from the protocol:
>
>"ics HOSTNAME
>If HOSTNAME is "-", the engine is playing against a local opponent; otherwise,
>the engine is playing on an Internet Chess Server (ICS) with the given hostname.
>This command is new in protocol version 2 and is not sent unless the engine has
>enabled it with the "feature" command. Example: "ics freechess.org" "
>
>-S.

Do you say that the only way to play as an automatic player with kibitching and
also to support winboard so that Movei can play games automatically under
winboard is to support that command?

Uri
>>Uri



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