Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:51:48 12/21/03
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On December 21, 2003 at 13:12:49, Andrei Fortuna wrote: >I have another problem with Crafty : I can't figure out how to use it according >to winboard/xboard specs. > >I issue the following commands : >xboard >level 0 1 10 >new >easy >black >move e2e4 > >then Crafty analyses a bit and outputs e7e5 which is correct. > >(according to xboard specs what I give as 'move e2e4' should be given only as >'e2e4', i.e. without the prefix 'move ', but anyway ...) That is incorrect. "move e2e4" matches the latest winboard/xboard standard, which has been around for at least a couple of years... > >Then I give him : > >move g1f3 You do not send "move g1f3" to crafty. Again, by the xboard standard you only send the move "g1f3". Sending "move" is wrecking everything. Please read the specs _carefully_ and you will see what is wrong. > >and now Crafty seems to go berserk, instead of moving the knight from g1 to f3 >and think for black side it starts analysing for white side. > >I am puzzled by all this, anybody could give me a clue what I am doing wrong ? > >Thanks, >Andrei
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