Bugs in Arena 3.5.1

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Re: Bugs in Arena 3.5.1

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+1
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Re: Bugs in Arena 3.5.1

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Is it known why auto-detect of the protocol tends to work so unreliably? It doesn't seem rocket science to figure out whether an engine is WB or UCI.
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Re: Bugs in Arena 3.5.1

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hgm wrote:Is it known why auto-detect of the protocol tends to work so unreliably? It doesn't seem rocket science to figure out whether an engine is WB or UCI.
Maybe the general issue is engines that also try to auto-detect.
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Re: Bugs in Arena 3.5.1

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Hard to believe that Deep Rybka falls in this class.