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Subject: Re: Problem with winboard and -movespersession or -mps

Author: Günther Simon

Date: 09:00:50 07/08/03

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>>Hi Michel,
>>
>>I dont know if it will help, but if I look in my WB.ini, I have
>>
>>/movesPerSession=40
>>/timeDelay=1
>>/timeControl="5"
>>/timeIncrement=-1
>>
>>for 40moves/5minutes, may be you should try inc '-1' instead of '0'?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Günther
>
>Changing the inifile didn't work. But this gave me an idea. I changed my command
>file to:
>
>C:\engine>"c:\program files\winboard\WinBoard.exe" -mg 9999 -debug -cp -fd "C:\e
>ngine\Nullmover" -fcp "Nullmover_020g9.exe" -sd "C:\engine\Kaissa 1.0" -scp "Kai
>ssa2_10.exe" -size tiny -thinking -ponderNextMove false -sgf c:\engine\pgn\match
>.pgn /movesPerSession=40 /timeControl="5" /timeIncrement=-1
>
>and now it works :-) Must be a winboardbug probably.

That was exactly what I meant, you should do in your command line :)
I dont think this is a bug in WB, because if you send 'inc 0'
it will overrule the WB.ini entry.

From the WB help file:

'/inc or /timeIncrement seconds

If this option is specified, movesPerSession is ignored. Instead, after each
player's move, timeIncrement seconds are added to his clock. Use -timeIncrement
0 if you want to require the entire game to be played in one timeControl period,
with no increment. Default: -1, which specifies movesPerSession mode.'

Regards,
Günther



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