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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