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Subject: Re: Bob hates UCI ! (n/t)

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 23:48:17 02/23/05

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On February 22, 2005 at 19:07:22, Peter Skinner wrote:


>GO BOB!!!
>
>I totally agree. Even the engines that I have that support both protocals, I use
>the Winboard one.
>
>It is easier, allows the engine to make all the decisions.
>
>UCI is like Kramnik letting me make the moves for him. While it might be fun, he
>wouldn't be in the top 100 after long :)

I understand a programmer (Bob) preferring Winboard, but not users as much. If
you're running a tournament with 20 engines, you can change most of the settings
once and affect all engines (hash, books, and so on). Using Winboard, you
probably have to modify close to 20 config files.



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