Well, your engine is not SMP, right? And your PC probably has multiple cores. So if you want weak opponents, why not bring your own? Just pick a weak engine of your choice, and log that on as well. I will be there with 4 engines, as I have a quad. And in fact I might join NEG as well, as it doesn't use any CPU time anyway.Henk wrote:I don't think it's much fun playing a tournament where almost all opponents play 500 ELO stronger. But I can always watch TV simultaneously.
On-line engine blitz tourney January
Moderators: hgm, Rebel, chrisw
-
- Posts: 27811
- Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:06 am
- Location: Amsterdam
- Full name: H G Muller
Re: On-line engine blitz tourney January
-
- Posts: 490
- Joined: Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:25 pm
- Full name: Colin Jenkins
Re: On-line engine blitz tourney January
Ah ha. It's because I was sending a SAN PV (out of UCI spec) . Arena lives with it, Winboard is more correct.op12no2 wrote:I've managed to get Lozza to play (actually get slaughtered by ChengRB to be more accurate ) but there is no engine output for her - other engines seem OK. I'm just sending standard UCI stuff. Do I need to do anything ICS specific?
-
- Posts: 7220
- Joined: Mon May 27, 2013 10:31 am
Re: On-line engine blitz tourney January
No it's too expensive. Maybe Skipper skips. So at least I forget about weak engines.hgm wrote:Well, your engine is not SMP, right? And your PC probably has multiple cores. So if you want weak opponents, why not bring your own? Just pick a weak engine of your choice, and log that on as well. I will be there with 4 engines, as I have a quad. And in fact I might join NEG as well, as it doesn't use any CPU time anyway.Henk wrote:I don't think it's much fun playing a tournament where almost all opponents play 500 ELO stronger. But I can always watch TV simultaneously.
-
- Posts: 27811
- Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:06 am
- Location: Amsterdam
- Full name: H G Muller
Re: On-line engine blitz tourney January
Well, WinBoard doesn't even get to see it. But since you are UCI, the first hurdle you have to take is Polyglot, and Polyglot is quite strict/pedantic. With UCI2WB as adapter you would just see what the engine prints.op12no2 wrote:Ah ha. It's because I was sending a SAN PV (out of UCI spec) . Arena lives with it, Winboard is more correct.
-
- Posts: 490
- Joined: Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:25 pm
- Full name: Colin Jenkins
Re: On-line engine blitz tourney January
OK thanks. It's working great now I switched to the long notation. I've noticed that if I'm idle for a while, the command line becomes unresponsive, e.g. type "who" - nothing is echoed back. Have you seen that before?hgm wrote: Well, WinBoard doesn't even get to see it. But since you are UCI, the first hurdle you have to take is Polyglot, and Polyglot is quite strict/pedantic. With UCI2WB as adapter you would just see what the engine prints.
-
- Posts: 27811
- Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:06 am
- Location: Amsterdam
- Full name: H G Muller
Re: On-line engine blitz tourney January
Yes. And it means your TCP/IP connection is dead without your computer being aware of it. That happens.
-
- Posts: 360
- Joined: Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:21 pm
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Full name: Jonathan Rosenthal
Re: On-line engine blitz tourney January
Just wanted to mention that I think Ive gotten it working. The good news is it was fixed the moment I upgraded xboard. The bad news is that since I somehow didnt manage to compile it I can't tell you much more as to why it works now.
Among other news, I am now on Xubuntu 4.10... Don't ask
Looking forward to this evening,
Jonathan
Among other news, I am now on Xubuntu 4.10... Don't ask
Looking forward to this evening,
Jonathan
-
- Posts: 433
- Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:02 pm
Re: On-line engine blitz tourney January
How do I get a registered account on your server?
Mailing chess@caissa.onenet.net did not work (mail rejected).
Mailing chess@caissa.onenet.net did not work (mail rejected).
-
- Posts: 27811
- Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:06 am
- Location: Amsterdam
- Full name: H G Muller
Re: On-line engine blitz tourney January
You should PM me your e-mail address, and the name of the account you want. Then I will create it.
That e-mail address you were using is not mine. I guess it is still there by mistake, (because I failed to edit it out), and once belonged to the original developers of the FICS code.
That e-mail address you were using is not mine. I guess it is still there by mistake, (because I failed to edit it out), and once belonged to the original developers of the FICS code.
-
- Posts: 490
- Joined: Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:25 pm
- Full name: Colin Jenkins
Re: On-line engine blitz tourney January
Does that means I'm gong to screw it up for everybody - confused... is there a way to keep the connection alive auto?hgm wrote:Yes. And it means your TCP/IP connection is dead without your computer being aware of it. That happens.