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Subject: Re: General Q about chess programmers, Winboard, FICS

Author: Nathan Thom

Date: 15:26:50 01/16/03

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On January 16, 2003 at 03:28:04, Andrew Williams wrote:

>On January 16, 2003 at 00:15:24, Nathan Thom wrote:
>
>>Im an amateur chess player (around 1300), but love to program interesting
>>problems. It seems that most of the programmers here are all very highly rated
>>chess players. Most chess programs beat me easily, so I thought it would be
>>interesting to see if I could write a program that could beat me aswell.
>>
>>In peoples opinion, will it be hard for me to write a program that can play very
>>well (say 1800+) even if it only uses my basic knowledge of chess?
>
>It's a mistake to assume that most people here are good players, I think. Being
>a good programmer is FAR more important than skill at chess, I think.
>
>My best advice is to get something very simple working and then interface it to
>Winboard/Xboard and get it playing on ICC. You'll find that a *very* good way to
>test your program in the early stages.
>
>Good luck with your project.
>
>Andrew

Thanks. Ive started interfacing Winboard, but am having problems getting it to
work. Does anyone have tips on how to get started with this?

Does anyone use FICS? I dont really want to pay AU$100 just to test my chess
program on ICC!



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