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Subject: Re: Why cant Zappa, Diep etc implement as Shredder did? Fritz too ftm.

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:54:57 09/06/05

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On September 06, 2005 at 15:18:56, Matthew Hull wrote:

>On September 06, 2005 at 13:35:21, Richard Sutherland wrote:
>
>>A couple of things:
>>
>>1. Who said they were "compelled" to do anything? It just seems that having a
>>standard protocol that links all chess engines, is desirable.
>
>
>xboard/winboard is the standard.  One can run matches between machines over a
>network connection, or between engines on the same machine, or interface to ICS
>compliant chess servers.
>
>>
>>2. So, you're saying that all the interfaces should be thrown out and each
>>program should produce it's own, proprietary interface? Geee, that's a great
>>step in the right direction.
>
>
>See above.

Xboard is the best protocol for play, I think, but it is useless for
configuration.

UCI is far better for that.

I would like to see the two protocols merged.



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