Author: David Dahlem
Date: 10:05:28 07/01/05
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On July 01, 2005 at 12:31:14, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: >On July 01, 2005 at 11:33:34, David Dahlem wrote: > >>On July 01, 2005 at 10:09:45, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: >> >>>Hello 8x8 and 10x8 chess fans, >>> >>>by the help of chessfriend Hans Eriksson SMIRF now supports a third language >>>(download at [http://de.geocities.com/rsmuenchen/] ). >>> >>>It is recommended to request an all enabling testing key via the supported email >>>link. >>> >>>Reinhard. > >>Will the Smirf engine work in other interfaces, as WB or UCI engine? > >Hi Dave, > >as I have explained already often: a) UCI still is not officially supporting >Chess960, b) Winboard has contradicting rules for to encode castlings and makes >artificial distinctions between 'normal', 'nocastle' and 'fischerandom', which >could be completly covered by supporting X-FEN strings. > >Smirf is a system of GUI and engine which is able to play 8x8 and 10x8 chess >downward compatible variants. There is no multi-engine GUI known to me, which >would support such geometries and the capablanca piece set. > >But if there would be an Chess960 covering extension of the UCI protocol I >think, that Smirf will have soon an UCI enabled twin. > >Nevertheless I am planning to support a new remote chess protocol to enable >competitions also between different 10x8 chess programs. > >Regards, Reinhard. Hi Reinhard Even though you've already explained this in the past, i must have missed it. That's why i asked. :-) Thanks for answering my question. Dave
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