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Subject: Re: Time management under Winboard

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:20:22 09/22/99

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On September 22, 1999 at 13:40:28, James Robertson wrote:

>After every move, Winboard will tell the engines how much time they have left. I
>seem to be having a problem with this though. If the time control is, say, 40
>moves in 5 minutes, immediately after move 40 Winboard tells the engine how much
>time it has left _before_ the 5 minutes for moves 41-80 is added. This means
>that my program moves instantly on move 41 thinking that it has 40 moves to make
>in whatever time is left over from the previous 40 move block. How do other
>programmers get around this?
>
>James


You should probably notify Tim Mann, as that probably isn't the way it should
work...

Bob



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