Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:32:04 08/02/05
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On August 02, 2005 at 21:23:17, manuel2 wrote: >On August 02, 2005 at 21:15:17, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On August 02, 2005 at 20:20:39, manuel2 wrote: >> >>>hiya all ! i'm looking for a step-by-step tutorial on how to best have two >>>programs play against each other automatically and have the game recorded - say >>>fritz against cm9 , etc . any ideas or sites ? >> >>That particular combination will be painful. It is probably the most difficult >>choice there is. >> >>You would need to use an Auto232 adapter for both, or install CM as a UCI engine >>by using WB2UCI. >> >>If you have some easier combinations to try, I would suggest pitting UCI engines >>against UCI engines or WB engines against WB engines or something of that >>nature. >> > >that would to it ! thanks ! any docs for that ? > >>If you have Arena installed, that it the easiest way to make contests. But you >>cannot run ChessBase engines under that GUI. >> >>Winboard is also easy, but it only pits Winboard engines against Winboard >>engines. You can trick it with WB2UCI or with Polyglot, but that takes a bit of >>work. >> >>So let's back up a bit: >>What engines do you have available? >>What GUIs do you have available? >>What sort of contests are you interested in? > >well , i relly just have good 'ol fritz and i just want to do this for fun - any >ideas of the best engines to play with ? i just want to watch the matches and >play with setting to see what i can get out of it - nothing serious ;) What version of Fritz do you have? Some older versions cannot play with UCI engines either. In such a case, you must use the Auto232 adapter to play against any engine that is not a chessbase engine. See: http://www.aarontay.per.sg/Winboard/auto232player2.html and also: http://www.dgtprojects.com/Documentation/GameKeeper.htm
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