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In article <JSC.93Apr24043049@monolith.mit.edu> jsc@monolith.mit.edu (Jin S Choi) writes:
>In article <1993Apr19.133811.12793@doug.cae.wisc.edu> luckjiff@hprisc-5.cae.wisc.edu (Glen Luckjiff) writes:
>
>          I compiled and installed gnuchess 4 on an hp apollo series 700.
>   However, gnuchess is able to make moves from its book but does not
>   respond after i diverge from the book.  I have this problem through
>
>I'm having exactly the same problem. Gnuchess makes a few moves from its
>book, then hangs forever, eating up processor time but not doing
>anything. This happens even when I run it as 'gnuchess 10'. Has anyone
>gotten gnuchess 4 running? I'm running on a NeXT cube.
>--


The exact same thing happens to me as well.
There were no errors during compilation on a Decstation 5000,
but after a few moves, which I assume are the book moves,
the program hangs indefinitely.

Why is that?

Also, is it possible to include the executable files with the
distribution of gnuchess? I mean, someone who knows better than
me compile the programs and then encode them, so that people
could ftp those instead of the source. Or is that not possible?

And on a different note, about gnuchess' strength. Is it possible
to estimate the program's strength by having it guess the moves
from Pandolfini's `solitaire chess' column in the `Chess Life'
magazine? How accurate would such an estimation be?

Thank you
christos