Author: Andrei Fortuna
Date: 01:41:20 12/22/03
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On December 21, 2003 at 22:51:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. I tried without "move" first as per specs, but got illegal move. Now I know why, I was sending "white" when I should have sent "black" and that was my problem, the engine thought black was to move from initial position. Adding "move" before the move was the only thing that I found to work. Now I found out why this was wrong
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