Author: Daniel Mehrmannn
Date: 19:40:21 07/08/04
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On July 07, 2004 at 22:04:41, Andrew Wagner wrote: [....] >For the record, I don't think there is any currently available version of the >FICS software which is that sophisticated. Heck, even ICC doesn't start the >games automatically. My guess would be that this entire server program would >have to be written from scratch. No small project, but certainly worthwhile. [....] Hi Andrew, write a interface for broadcasting live games is _not_ difficult and should not longer take as a few weeks (with testing & co). All protcols and FICS commands are known, so its easy. One possible way: Every engine write a logfile, called game.log, during the live game. The syntax should be clear defined. For a move we write e2e4, a7a8q, 0-0 or d4e5p. The interface make a telnet connection to the server, given as option, build a board with the know data as option. Every 30 seconds the logfile from the engine will be parsed for a new move. Example option line for windows would be: dummy.exe /icshost freechess.org:5002 /white "Shredder 8" /black "Crafty 19.15" /time 120:0 /examiner admin This should be possible for _all_ FICS and icc. greetings Daniel
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