Author: Henrik Dinesen
Date: 02:09:37 09/12/05
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On September 12, 2005 at 04:16:07, Uri Blass wrote: >On September 12, 2005 at 03:25:08, Alex Schmidt wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>>Let's add that 2 winboard engines, namely SmarThink and Jonny, come with an >>>adapter for the CB GUI. This one is certainly not the old buggy adapter provided >> >>I think this IS the old buggy adapter by Chessbase. But there are some engines >>which can handle the nasty WB implementation of it. >> >>How could someone write an adapter for Chessbase without knowing the CB >>protocol? >> >>Best, >>Alex > >I think that it is possible to learn the protocol by running engines under >chessbase and reading the commands that they get. > >I think that good adapter should not believe Fritz and in games of more than 256 >give the engine time that it calculates and not time that stupid Fritz gives it. > >Good adpater also should not give the engine FEN when it is trivial that the >only reason is that Fritz interface gave it FEN instead of move at move 256. > >It should read the FEN that Fritz interface got and translate it to move in case >that it is possible. > >It will not prevent problem with long games but at least it can prevent the >problem of losing on time near move 256 and will delay the problem to move 300. > >Uri Hi Uri, "I've" played thousands and thousands of engine-games. The movelimit seems to me to be too hysterical. On the other hand, I agree, the limit shouldn't be there. But it's weird to focus on it, since it's has close to zero practical values. Regards Henrik
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