On-line blitz tourney April

[hgm]

This mnth the blitz tourney will be held on

Saturday April 10, 3pm EST (21:00 CET)

As usual, try to be there 15 min in advance

winboard -ics -icshost 80.100.28.169 -icshelper timeseal -zp -fcp ENGINE -fd ENGINEFOLDER -autoKibitz

(and don't forget to add -fUCI for UCI engines).

[jshriver]

I played FairMax on your server kingknight is a fun variant thanks for hosting that.

[hgm]

I guess you mean knightmate. This is indeed one of the variants I like best. Similar enough to standard Chess that anyone can play it immediately without much dificulty, and yet subtly different. There is a fair number of WinBoard engines that can play knightmate, with ratings ranging from about 1500 to 2300.

[hgm]

A stupid question: Is the U.S. already on daylight saving time?

I announced this tourney without paying attention to daylight saving time. In Europe we are currently on daylight-saving time. I sure hope the U.S. is too, because otherwise the annuncement is not consistent, and 21:00 here would correspond to 2pm EST...

[Tord Romstad]

This mnth the blitz tourney will be held on

Saturday April 10, 3pm EST (21:00 CET)

As usual, try to be there 15 min in advance

winboard -ics -icshost 80.100.28.169 -icshelper timeseal -zp -fcp ENGINE -fd ENGINEFOLDER -autoKibitz

(and don't forget to add -fUCI for UCI engines).

I'll try to be there tonight, for the first time. I don't remember: Can I log on anonymously, or do I need a username and password?

[silentshark]

nice..

2 stupid questions - which engines are involved, and how can I watch what's going on?

Regards,
Tom King

[hgm]

1) Whoever shows up. I will be there with Joker and the new engine I am building.
2) You can logon to the ICS under your own name (e.g. TomKing). If you are not registered, you don't have to give a password, and will be logged on as a guest. Use the IP number given above to connect with your favorite interface. With WinBoard this would require the command to watch:

winboard -ics -icshost 80.100.28.169 -icshelper timeseal

[Denzwell]

Why i don't play the tournament ?

My id is chenkho

[hgm]

Apparently you did not give the command to join it...

[Mincho Georgiev]

Too bad that I can't be there tonight,
at least now we know who chenkno is