Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 01:35:25 12/12/03
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On December 12, 2003 at 04:22:53, enrico carrisco wrote: >On December 12, 2003 at 03:30:27, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>The main opening book of Falcon is in Shredder Classic format (BOK), but I can >>also create a similar book out of my pgn database in Fritz format (CTG). In any >>case, Falcon relies on the interface to play the opening moves. >> >>So, AFAIK there is no way to connect either the Fritz or Shredder Classic >>interfaces to play on ICC. In that case, and assuming that there is no external >>program that can read either BOK or CTG formats and play the moves on behalf of >>WinBoard interface, I don't see how Falcon can play in CCT. >> >>It seems that the only interfaces that can connect to ICC are WinBoard and >>Arena, none of which have their own book formats (can't compile a book out of a >>pgn database). >> >>However, non-winboard engines such as Shredder, Fritz, Junior, and Hiarcs have >>already participated in CCT in the past. >> >>What am I missing?! > >Hello Omid. > >Both Fritz and Shredder Classic GUI can be "rigged" to connect to ICC (and other >ICS') but kibitzing your evaluation will be the problem. Only the moves are >transmitted with Ebbi's Winboard232 adapter (an Auto232<->ICS bridge.) > >This is fully automatic and how Hiarcs played in CCT3 and 4, and Junior and Deep >Fritz used it in CCT4 (I am unsure about earlier CCTs.) > >So it's a bit of a catch 22. You can connect these GUIs to get advantage of >your books but you won't be able to kibitz eval without some additional >tinkering. Thanks for the info, I will check this option. (though it seems that kibitzing eval and pv is mandatory in CCT, isn't it?) > >If Falcon is UCI Sure, in Graz I ran Falcon as a UCI engine. > you could always use ChessPartner GUI. I believe it has some > decent books available. But can ChessPartner compile a book out of a database? > >-elc.
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