Author: Joshua Shriver
Date: 13:38:03 06/09/05
While reading the crafty help I can see it plays ICC's Wild7, however it seems
to also play (somewhat) Wild5 (as named on FICS).
How can I play it locally? Right now the only way I can get it to play this
variant it to have it connect to FICS and then login myself and do a "match 5 0
w5".
It seems to understand the rules, but it's extremely slow, as if the timing is
broken when operating under this variant. Here is a game I tried playing.
I eventually had to flag the engine after it hung with several minutes past the
flagging point and no movement.
[Event "FICS rated wild/5 game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Time "13:16:09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jshriverWVU"]
[Black "Olympus"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[FEN "RNBKQBNR/PPPPPPPP/8/8/8/8/pppppppp/rnbkqbnr w - - 0 1"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf6 Nc3 2. g8=Q b1=Q 3. Nc6 Nf3 4. b8=Q g1=Q 5. Bb7 Bh3 6. Qxg1
{Black forfeits on time} 1-0
Any suggestions for local play? Know of any engines that plays this or other
types of variants?
-Joshua Shriver
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