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Subject: Re: What is Winboards' "MOVE NOW" command?

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 10:54:39 06/30/99

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On June 30, 1999 at 13:25:44, Chuck wrote:

>Looking at Tim Mann's web pages, I can't find the message Winboard sends to an
>engine when the user requests "Move Now". Can someone post the syntax for this
>and whether there may be any special considerations?
>
>Thanks.

According to my xboard 4.0.0 documentation, xboard sends "?" when it
wants your program to stop thinking and move immediately. This is what
I've implemented in my program, and it seems to work.

Andrew



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