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Subject: Re: winboard engines under Fritz6

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 11:28:12 12/17/99

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On December 16, 1999 at 20:48:37, James Robertson wrote:

>>They should not really redesign anything... rather I would like them to stick
>>to the already stablished Xboard/Winboard protocol with their Winboard adapter.
>
>I disagree with this.... the XBoard/Winboard protocol is full of problems too.
>Take for instance the 'edit' mode..... it really stinks. Why not just pass an
>EPD string to the engine?  then the setup would be able to cope with ep squares,
>castle status, etc.
>
>Or how about the comands time and otim? Why not just have a single command
>'time' followed by white's remaining time and black's remaining time?
>
>There are many other things that could be improved....
>
>James

	I agree that the Xboard/Winboard protocol is far from perfect, the edit mode is
one of its worst 'features'.
	Still, I believe that if Chessbase is offering a "Winboard adapter", they
should adhere to the stablished protocol, however imperfect it may be.
José.



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