Author: Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz
Date: 12:10:59 03/08/04
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On March 08, 2004 at 15:08:25, Chessfun wrote: >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. Both. I've tried a few minutes ago with arena, but I failed (am I useless?) Regards, Jaime
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