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Subject: Re: Restarting an adjourned game on a chess server through Winboard.

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 14:29:51 02/18/99

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On February 18, 1999 at 14:24:21, James Robertson wrote:

>On February 18, 1999 at 09:20:36, Andrew Williams wrote:
>
>>On February 18, 1999 at 03:27:52, James Robertson wrote:
>>
>>>On February 18, 1999 at 00:37:05, James Robertson wrote:
>>>
>>>>The title says most of it. What commands will winboard send, and how should they
>>>>be parsed?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Actually, the title doesn't. Better rephrased as "Finishing an adjourned game on
>>>a chess server through Winboard."
>>>
>>>James
>>
>>Hi James,
>>
>>xboard has two ways of doing this (I'm assuming Winboard will be the same).
>>One way is to send all the moves of the game so far, so your program can
>>effectively play all the moves in "force" mode, just as if you were making
>>them with the mouse. When xboard has finished sending them, you're ready to
>>go. This is the approach my program uses. The other approach involves (I
>>think) the edit board functionality. This is a bit more difficult to get
>>right, becuase of castling rights etc. It's all in the man pages supplied
>>with xboard, and I think in the zippy readme file as well.
>>
>>Good luck with your program.
>>
>>Andrew
>
>Thanks. I guess I don't have to add any funky stuff if I plan to use the first
>method!!
>

Yes, that's why I use that approach. When I first went on ICC, I didn't
have edit board functionality. The -moves approach allowed me to resume
games from day one. Do you have a name for your program?

Andrew



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