Author: Steven Edwards
Date: 12:18:13 08/02/04
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On July 30, 2004 at 15:26:00, Pallav Nawani wrote: >On July 30, 2004 at 14:42:23, Steven Edwards wrote: >>I spent some time reading the documents for the UCI (Universal Chess Interface, >>an alternative to the xboard protocol). While it seems a bit cleaner than >>xboard, I don't know of a free GUI implementation of UCI that will work both >>with Mac OS X and Linux. Also, it uses coordinate move notation instead of SAN, >>and this seems like a ten year step backward. > >That might be your opinion. IMHO it is pointless to use anything else when >communicating between two software. Coordinate notation has the advantage that >it is not ambiguous, unlike SAN. In any case, for the purposes of a protocol, it >is quite sufficient, and that is what is required. Nothing less, nothing more. SAN is ambiguous? >This is the batch file I use to play Nawtarlal on FICS, hope it helps: > >C: >cd "\Program Files\WinBoard\" >WinBoard -zp -zadj -zab -ics -icshost freechess.org -fd "C:\Program >Files\WinBoard\Natwarlal" -fcp natwarlal -icshelper timeseal >-zippyGameEnd="\nseek 5 0\nseek 2 12\nseek 5 6\n" -zippyGameStart="say This is >an automated computer.\n" -zippyMaxGames 3 -sgf icsgames.pgn -autoflag > >with this command line, xboard will play automated on FICS, autoseeking, >autoaccepting and autoplaying games, with the time controls 5 0, 2 12, and 5 6 >It will also autoflag the opponent if he runs out of time, and all the games are >saved in the file icsgames.pgn Thanks. Knowing how to control accept/seek is very helpful.
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