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Subject: Re: How to create Fritz native engine?

Author: Ulrich Tuerke

Date: 09:15:42 03/13/03

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On March 13, 2003 at 11:18:51, Mike Hood wrote:

>On March 13, 2003 at 07:17:44, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:
>
>>On March 13, 2003 at 07:10:11, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>On March 13, 2003 at 05:30:45, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:
>>>
>>>>On March 13, 2003 at 04:34:39, Igor V. Korshunov wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi there!
>>>>>
>>>>>I know some engines that exist as Fritz native also. This is Comet, Crafty,
>>>>>List, EXchess and Faile.
>>>>>
>>>>>How I can convert my own engine to Fritz native?
>>>>
>>>>You have to make an agreement with ChessBase in order to do this.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Can somebody give me useful hints?
>>>>
>>>>If I were you, I'd rather consider supporting UCI. As a "free bonus" your engine
>>>>will then also run perfectly under Fritz-7 (or later).
>>>>
>>>>I don't see real advantages of supporting a native CB interface.
>>>>
>>>>Uli
>>>>
>>>
>>>Sorry, but why then Comet is available as CB engine?
>>
>>Simply, because it's much older than the UCI spec.
>
>But that doesn't explain why you're still releasing your newest versions as
>Chessbase native engines.

That's because Comet does not support UCI protocol, and I like to test under
Fritz. So, why not releasing the thing, if I compile it for me anyway ?



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