Author: Brian Kostick
Date: 09:40:34 06/10/03
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On June 10, 2003 at 11:57:57, Mike Hood wrote: >On June 10, 2003 at 11:47:14, Günther Simon wrote: > >>On June 10, 2003 at 11:41:25, Mike Hood wrote: >> >>>On June 10, 2003 at 10:21:50, Günther Simon wrote: >>> >>>>On June 10, 2003 at 08:31:44, Mike Hood wrote: >>>> >>>>How? The CB protocol is not open, therefore we 'only' have Odd Gunnars >>>>fine WB2UCI adapter (UCI is a free protocol...). >>>>AFAIK even the WB programmers, who have a CB native for free download, >>>>dont know the CB protocol as they send their program to CB and CB transforms >>>>them into CB Natives. (or they are obliged not to publish the protocol) >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>>Günther >>> >>>I know the Chessbase protocol isn't public knowledge, but there are at least a >>>dozen programmers who have written Chessbase engines, and several of them use >>>this forum. They're the ones that my post was addressed to. >> >>It seems you have not read the second part of my posting? >> >>Regards, >>Günther > >I read what you wrote, but I couldn't comment on it, because I don't know if >it's true that "the WB programmers don't know the CB protocol". It's the first >time I've heard this, but it may be true in some cases. Maybe that's the reason >why some engines only have an "eng" file, while others have an "eng" and "dll" >tandem. The programmers themselves would have to make a statement about this. > >And, of course, writing a Winboard adapter would not make them guilty of >"publishing the CB protocol". If I recall correctly, Theron once wrote that he supplied code information to ChessBase so they could write the .eng file and interface with his .dll. Maybe someone outside ChessBase knows their protocol but I haven't heard anyone talking, leaving adators or other methods which are not appropriate to this forum. BK
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