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Date: 11 May 2007 07:22:48
From: skieros
Subject: How to make my chess engine play in FICS through WinBoard ?
Hello, iam tryign to make my chess engine to play first time on FICS
with following command:

C:\Program Files\WinBoard >winboard -fd 'd:\polyglot' -fcp 'polyglot
my_chess_engine.ini'

The above command work in winboard to make my engine play against me
but ti doesn't move if i try to make her play on FICS through
winboard.

Any clue why? Same thing happens with all uci engines i tried....





 
Date: 11 May 2007 19:45:36
From: Volker Pittlik
Subject: Re: How to make my chess engine play in FICS through WinBoard ?
skieros wrote:

... > Any clue why? Same thing happens with all uci engines i tried....

Sure I have a clue: you didn't read the winboard (and zippy) help files.

To give you an example what is necessary:


/xboard -zp -ics -icshost 69.36.243.188 -icshelper timeseal -icslogon
/home/volker/bin/fics.ini ...-fcp ./'polyglot glaurung.ini'
-fd /home/volker/Schach/polyglot ...

xboard (or winboard) have to know that it plays on a server. Therefore -zp
has to be used. It must act in correct time therefore it needs a helper
application (timeseal or timestamp depending on the server). Uci engines
need the help of polyglot and an appropiate .ini file. An <server >.logon
file with your account data and basic server commands is also very useful.

Volker


  
Date: 12 May 2007 10:32:09
From: Nikos
Subject: Re: How to make my chess engine play in FICS through WinBoard ?
Volker Pittlik <[email protected] > wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> skieros wrote:
>
> ...> Any clue why? Same thing happens with all uci engines i tried....
>
> Sure I have a clue: you didn't read the winboard (and zippy) help
> files.
>
> To give you an example what is necessary:
>
>
> /xboard -zp -ics -icshost 69.36.243.188 -icshelper timeseal -icslogon
> /home/volker/bin/fics.ini ...-fcp ./'polyglot glaurung.ini'
> -fd /home/volker/Schach/polyglot ...
>
> xboard (or winboard) have to know that it plays on a server. Therefore
> -zp has to be used. It must act in correct time therefore it needs a
> helper application (timeseal or timestamp depending on the server).
> Uci engines need the help of polyglot and an appropiate .ini file. An
> <server>.logon file with your account data and basic server commands
> is also very useful.
>
> Volker
Iam on XP so i ahve to use this:

winboard -zp -ics freechess.org -fd 'd:\polyglot' /fcp 'polyglot
rybka.ini'

but cause i work in dos mode freechess or the ip adress of it cant be
found but a winboard dilaogo open and ask me there where i want to
connect so only the -ics paramater was missing

but very time i ahve to cdhir wo winboard dir to open it.

is there a ay to do the same form indiese windows with a graphical way?

And also plz post your fics logon so to see how it looks to make my
own... damn windows are always a problem :) even in simple things