On-line engine blitz tourney September
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
Sure, just be logged on!
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
I'm using xboard for the first time and there isn't a -zp command line option? Does that matter? Is there an alternative?hgm wrote:The monthly on-line engine blitz tourney for September will take place on:
Saturday September 19, 3pm Boston time (21:00 Amsterdam time)
To connect:
winboard -zp -ics -icshost winboard.nl -icshelper timeseal -fcp ENGINE.exe -fd ENGINEFOLDER -autoKibitz
(for UCI engines, add -fUCI)
I also get kicked out immediately if I add the -ucshelper timeseal option.
I can login if I leave the -zp and -ucshelper timeseal options off. But my engine doesn't move when I start a match against POS.
I have xboard 4.7.3 (comes with Fedora 22).
Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
The -zp ('zippy mode') option is essential; it tells XBoard it has to use BOTH an engine and connect to the ICS. The zippy code is not by default included in XBoard. It has to be switched on during the building process with an option to ./configure:
./configure --enable-zippy --with-gtk
make
sudo make install
Apparently the version distributed with Fedora has not been built this way. So I guess you would have to install a zippy-enabled XBoard from source.
./configure --enable-zippy --with-gtk
make
sudo make install
Apparently the version distributed with Fedora has not been built this way. So I guess you would have to install a zippy-enabled XBoard from source.
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
Tried building using --with-gtk and the resulting binary gives me a blank window. Uninstalled and rebuilt without the --with-gtk option (uses Xll, Xaw) and same problem but there are at least some empty squares getting drawn on the blank window.hgm wrote:The -zp ('zippy mode') option is essential; it tells XBoard it has to use BOTH an engine and connect to the ICS. The zippy code is not by default included in XBoard. It has to be switched on during the building process with an option to ./configure:
./configure --enable-zippy --with-gtk
make
sudo make install
Apparently the version distributed with Fedora has not been built this way. So I guess you would have to install a zippy-enabled XBoard from source.
Any other suggestions?
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
Here's the config summary (without --with-gtk option):
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Configurations summary:
prefix: /usr/local
datarootdir: ${prefix}/share
datadir: ${datarootdir}
gamedatadir: $(datadir)/games/xboard
desktopdir: $(datadir)/applications
mimedir: $(datadir)/mime/packages
iconsdir: $(datadir)/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
svgiconsdir: $(datadir)/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
infodir: ${datarootdir}/info (info files will go here)
sysconfdir: ${prefix}/etc (xboard.conf will go here)
update mimedb: yes
NLS support: yes
GTK: no
Xaw3d: no
Xaw: yes
ptys: pipes
zippy: yes
sigint: yes
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
I was able to get winboard under wine working (sort of). The command input box isn't handling line endings correctly. Treats every ENTER as 2 returns. So I couldn't log in at first, but a copy/paste of the username and password together got passed that.
Hopefully there aren't any commands I need to enter that expect a second input after the first command, 'cuz if they do they're gonna get an empty string for the second input.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Hopefully there aren't any commands I need to enter that expect a second input after the first command, 'cuz if they do they're gonna get an empty string for the second input.
Anyone know how to fix this?
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
For the reasons shown in the previous few posts.flok wrote:Why not use xboard instead? No need for wine.
Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
oh right!zd3nik wrote:For the reasons shown in the previous few posts.flok wrote:Why not use xboard instead? No need for wine.
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
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:Tourney Players: Round 9 of 9
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: Name Rating Score Perfrm Upset Results
: ----------------- ------ ----- ------ ------ -------
: 1 +Texel [2157] 7.5 [2218] [ 0] +29w +02b +11w =03w =08b =05b +04w +09w +10b
: 2 +EXchess [1959] 7.0 [2008] [ 186] +26b -01w +23w +22b -05w +29b +14w +08w +04b
: 3 -ChengRB [2098] 6.5 [2128] [ 29] +19w +15b +12w =01b +07w -04b -10w +05b +09w
: 4 -Fizbo [2064] 6.5 [2091] [ 34] +22w +16b =05w +18w +11b +03w -01b +10b -02w
: 5 -Rookie [1899] 6.5 [2125] [ 691] +33w +07b =04b =08w +02b =01w +06b -03w +11b
: 6 -FruitReload [1973] 6.0 [1828] [ 0] +25w -18b +22w -10w +19b +17b -05w +20w +14b
: 7 +NightmareX [2062] 5.5 [1966] [ 0] +13w -05w +19b +15w -03b +08w -09b =11w +18b
: 8 +ArasanX [2040] 5.5 [1933] [ 58] +23w +10w =18b =05b =01w -07b +15w -02b +21w
: 9 -Goldbar [1972] 5.5 [1905] [ 90] -21w +24b +13w +17b +29b =10w +07w -01b -03b
: 10 +Almere [1860] 5.5 [1918] [ 407] +34w -08b +26w +06b +18w =09b +03b -04w -01w
: 11 +WaDuuttie [2012] 5.0 [1946] [ 25] +20w +17b -01b +16w -04w =15b +18w =07b -05w
: 12 +NightmareA [1971] 5.0 [1749] [ 0] +30w +21b -03b -29w +13w -14b +19w =15b =16w
: 13 +Spartacus [1593] 5.0 [1729] [ 417] -07b +33w -09b +27w -12b +26w +16b -14w +24w
: 14 +Laser [ 0] 5.0 [1767] [8051] -18w +25b -17w +20b +21w +12w -02b +13b -06w
: 15 +rpiStockfish [1948] 4.5 [1805] [ 43] +27b -03w +20w -07b +23w =11w -08b =12w =19b
: 16 +Bliep [1916] 4.5 [1674] [ 27] +32b -04w +21w -11b +26w -18b -13w +28b =12b
: 17 -Tornado [1809] 4.5 [1740] [ 0] +31b -11w +14b -09w +25b -06w +23w -18b =20w
: 18 +Sillycon [1717] 4.5 [1934] [ 708] +14b +06w =08w -04b -10b +16w -11b +17w -07w
: 19 +rpiTogaII [1622] 4.5 [1781] [ 216] -03b +27w -07w +30b -06w +28b -12b +23w =15w
: 20 -Lozza [1550] 4.5 [1714] [ 366] -11b +31w -15b -14w +33b +25w +29w -06b =17b
: 21 +Zurichess [1425] 4.5 [1769] [1092] +09b -12w -16b =28w -14b +22w +30b +29w -08b
: 22 -Nemeton [1608] 4.0 [1563] [ 67] -04b +32w -06b -02w -28b -21b +31w +27b +33w
: 23 +Joker [1575] 4.0 [1616] [ 212] -08b +34w -02b +33w -15b +24w -17b -19b +28w
: 24 +BitFoot [1687] 3.5 [1439] [ 0] =28w -09w -29b -26b +27w -23b +34b +25w -13b
: 25 -Schooner [1512] 3.5 [1483] [ 81] -06b -14w =28b +32b -17w -20b +33w -24b +30w
: 26 +Barbarossa [1396] 3.5 [1557] [ 439] -02w +30b -10b +24w -16b -13b -28w +34w =31b
: 27 +Isa [1323] 3.5 [1444] [ 393] -15w -19b +31w -13b -24b =30w +32b -22w +34b
: 28 +KingSlayer [ 0] 3.5 [1511] [5315] =24b -29w =25w =21b +22w -19w +26b -16w -23b
: 29 -Myrddin [1662] 3.0 [1601] [ 347] -01b +28b +24w +12b -09w -02w -20b -21b -32w
: 30 +microMax [1405] 3.0 [1331] [ 135] -12b -26w +34b -19w =31w =27b -21w +32b -25b
: 31 +SjaakIIx [ 0] 3.0 [1257] [3610] -17w -20b -27b +34w =30b -32w -22b +33b =26w
: 32 -Abbess [1214] 2.0 [1256] [ 909] -16w -22b -33b -25w -34b +31b -27w -30w +29b
: 33 +Skipper [1163] 1.5 [1252] [ 51] -05b -13b +32w -23b -20w =34w -25b -31w -22b
: 34 +Embla [1047] 1.5 [1210] [ 225] -10b -23b -30w -31b +32w =33b -24w -26b -27w
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: Average Rating 1717.4
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KingSlayer was the engine that last time participated under the name Simple.
I ran an old version of Sjaak II from the VM on my laptop to test XBoard in ICS mode.
Bitfoot had time trouble, and forfeited a lot of games on time.