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Subject: Re: Winboard engine WChess 1.6 ???

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 16:33:06 09/15/05

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On September 15, 2005 at 17:59:09, Uri Blass wrote:

>On September 15, 2005 at 17:24:30, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>On September 15, 2005 at 15:41:56, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On September 15, 2005 at 12:08:56, David Dahlem wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 15, 2005 at 11:55:43, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On September 15, 2005 at 11:25:28, David Dahlem wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On September 15, 2005 at 04:10:29, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On September 15, 2005 at 03:52:18, Juergen Delitzsch wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hallo, I´m looking for WChess winboard engine version 1.6. I have read Wchess
>>>>>>>>1.6 in some engine tournament tables. So my question, where can I get it?
>>>>>>>>Somebody knows the way? Please, give me a hint!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>greetings
>>>>>>>>Juergen Delitzsch
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      Hi Jürgen
>>>>>>>      As already posted at
>>>>>>>      http://f50.parsimony.net/forum202220/messages/10387.htm
>>>>>>>      WChess is not a winboard engine and you would be a lucky
>>>>>>>      man to get it somewhere.
>>>>>>>      Best regards
>>>>>>>      Kurt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi Kurt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>WChess is the WB engine in the Majestic Chess package, but apparently only works
>>>>>>in this gui.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Regards
>>>>>>Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>      Hi Dave
>>>>>      Thanks for this information. I have in the meantime
>>>>>      "learnt" that there is indeed a WChess winboard engine.
>>>>>      Best regards
>>>>>      Kurt
>>>>
>>>>Hi Kurt
>>>>
>>>>Have you "learnt" whether anyone has managed to get the WChess winboard engine
>>>>to work outside the Majestic Chess gui?
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>Dave
>>>
>>>I thought that winboard engine is an engine that can run under winboard.
>>>
>>>By that definition an engine that cannot work outside of the Majestic Chess gui
>>>is not a winboard engine.
>>>
>>>If my definition is wrong then what is the definition of winboard engine?
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>WChess is copy protected in the Majestic Chess gui. That's why it won't work
>>outside Majestic Chess, but it's still a winboard engine. :-)
>>
>>Regards
>>Dave
>
>If it is copied protected in another gui then it is not a winboard engine by my
>definition.
>
>My definition is that a winboard engine is an engine that can be used under
>winboard without a need for another exe file like polyglot.
>
>If the engine that customers use cannot be used under winboard because of copy
>protection then it is not a winboard engine even if the programmer implemented
>the winboard protocol.
>
>Uri

Your definition if wrong. If an engine supports the winboard protocol, it is a
winboard engine, regardless of which interface it works under.

Regards
Dave



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