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Subject: Re: Junior 5 use freeware engines which support winboard interface

Author: Michael Borgstaedt (GOLIATH CHESS)

Date: 13:42:21 11/27/98

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On November 27, 1998 at 03:36:46, Dr. Gregor Overney wrote:

>On November 26, 1998 at 20:03:21, Ralph E. Carter wrote:
>
>>On November 26, 1998 at 18:20:38, Benatar wrote:
>>
>>>Have a look to http://chessbase.com/products/engines/Winboard/index.htm
>>>and try to have it works.
>>>I use Tristam under Junior 5 interface but as soon as goes out of book it stop
>>>moving.
>>>Can someone help?
>>>
>>>Eric
>>
>>I can't get it to work with any engine.
>
>
>I just tried it with Tristram and nothing worked. I followed their
>recommendation (http://chessbase.com/products/engines/Winboard/index.htm)
>and even tried it with and without book. Tristram did not start on my NT 4 SP4
>server. However, I could load the engine.
>
>If you can make it work, please let me know. It would be a very nice feature for
>the Junior 5 program.
>
>Gregor

Just tried it with Little Goliath / Junior 5.
Junior sends some Winboard commands to the engine. But always the "analyze"
command instead of level/time commands, even when I choose engine-engine
mode. So no match or game is possible. The output (PV) is not shown on
the display. Same happens with gnuchess and some other engines I have tried.
Look at the log-file, which is produced by Little Goliath:

xboard
analyze
4.    20   0   1027         (1/20: g1f3) g1f3 g8f6 b1c3 d7d5
5.    -1   0   4480         (1/20: g1f3) g1f3 g8f6 b1c3 b8c6 d2d4 e7e6
5.    14   1   5372         (2/20: b1c3) b1c3
exit
new
hard
easy
post
white
analyze
4.    20   0   1027         (1/20: g1f3) g1f3 g8f6 b1c3 d7d5
5.    -1   0   4480         (1/20: g1f3) g1f3 g8f6 b1c3 b8c6 d2d4 e7e6
5.    14   0   5372         (2/20: b1c3) b1c3
exit

Any ideas?
Best regards
Michael



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