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Subject: Re: Simul Mode?

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 11:25:34 02/15/04

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On February 15, 2004 at 14:13:04, Bryan Hofmann wrote:

>On February 15, 2004 at 12:37:46, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
>>On February 15, 2004 at 11:46:37, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>
>>Indeed!  Most interesting is the "simul mode" feature.  I wonder how many
>>opponents it plays simultaneously?  I also wonder what it takes for a programmer
>>to create an engine which can play in simul mode?
>
>Nothing is required by the programmer for this, it is handled by Winboard and
>ICC. Winboard simply swaps between the games and sends the current postion/moves
>to the engine. Also the more opponents the engine plays the weaker it gets.

That sounds pretty complicated to me.  : (

Bob D.



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