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Subject: Re: Running engines in the ICC

Author: Chessfun

Date: 12:08:25 03/08/04

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On March 08, 2004 at 15:03:57, Andrew Wagner wrote:

>First, you need to download and install Winboard or xboard (Winboard is for
>windows, xboard is for Unix. You can do so at
>http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html
>
>Then, you need to make your engine support the protocol at
>http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard/engine-intf.html . Essentially, Winboard/xboard
>will start your engine's exe and use the stdin and stdout to communicate with
>it. This will both allow you to not bother writing a graphical interface (you
>can always play it through winboard), and also interface to a number of online
>chess servers. It's not the most intuitive protocol in the world, IMHO, but it
>does save a LOT of work. Hope that helps. Let me know if anything's unclear.
>Andrew

You can naturally also do the same thing with Arena. Is your engine winboard or
UCI? http://www.playwitharena.com/

Sarah.



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