Re: GNUChess vs Chessmaster

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From: Tim Mann
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 22:32

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On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:36:21 +0000, Simon Waters <Simon@wretched.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> n o s p a m p l e a s e wrote:
> >
> > How can I run GNUChess vs Chessmaster using winboard? Is there anyway to do
> > this?
> 
> Unless Chessmaster supports Winboard protocol ?

Chessmaster 8000 and later do, but I'm told it's tricky to get the
engines playing outside the Chessmaster GUI.  See:

  http://www.aarontay.per.sg/Winboard/Winboard4.html#[D.3]

I have never tried this, so don't ask me about it.

> You probaby can't easily
> - other than entering the moves.
> 
> Playing programs against each other on one machine isn't that useful for
>  benchmarking purposes - as whoever loses will always claim the other
> program was hogging inappropriate resources.
> 
> 
> 


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