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Subject: Tips for setting up engine on FICS

Author: Luca Dormio

Date: 06:29:31 10/14/99


Hi,
i've just completed the first working version of my winboard engine; it's called
'LarsenVB' and it's written in Visual Basic....
ok, ok ..... stop laughing now :)

I'm starting my testing on FICs and i still have a couple of question unsolved:

draws: currently i don't allow draws by agreement; the engine refuses the draw
request simply by making its move, how can i add a short tell like "sorry, this
computer ...."? maybe with 'tellics' command?

seek: i would like to issue a seek continuously; i include it in my ics.ini to
issue the command at logon, is it correct to use the -zippyGameEnd option to
repeat the command after every game?

resuming adjourned games: zippy.README states "The getMoveList option controls
how adjourned games are	continued.  If it is True (the default), xboard fetches
the move list from ICS and feeds it into the chess program before having the
program start play." in which way winboard does this? simply by setting force
mode on, then submitting every single move then finally using
"white"/"black"/"go" commands?

Thanks in advance.
Luca



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