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Subject: Re: UCI numbskull

Author: Stuart Cracraft

Date: 13:47:14 12/15/05

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On December 15, 2005 at 16:37:13, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On December 15, 2005 at 16:29:37, Stuart Cracraft wrote:
>
>>Hi - I am a UCI numbskull and know nothing about it.
>>
>>I have fruit 2.1 and now want to use uci or polyglot or
>>whatever, to actually play a game.
>>
>>What's the least distance from here to there?
>>
>>Your advice and input is appreciated.
>
>I agree with Jon Dart (Arena is better for contests anyway).
>
>But if you insist on using polyglot (e.g. if you want to play online you will
>need to do this anyway) here is my sample polyglot file for fruit:
>
>E:\programme\winboard\polyglot>type fruit.ini
>
>[PolyGlot]
>
>EngineName    = Fruit
>EngineDir     = E:\programme\winboard\fruit
>EngineCommand = fruit
>
>Log     = false
>LogFile = fruit.log
>
>Book = true
>BookFile = E:\programme\winboard\polyglot\dc_spec.bin
>
>[Engine]
>
>Hash = 64
>
>NalimovPath  = e:\programme\winboard\nalimov
>NalimovCache = 8

Not at all - Arena is just right. I am glad the suggestion
came so early. From suggestion to the program up, using Arena's
installation wizard was about 5 minutes. Woo-hoo. Nice interface.

No more Winboard or other interface for me now.

Stuart



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