On-line engine blitz tourney October

[tttony]

Excelent tourney!!

I'm having the same problem as J. B. Buijs, when I type 'history', it shows: 'skiull has no history games', I thought that winboard will save the games but is not configured like that by default

[Joost Buijs]

I'm having the same problem as J. B. Buijs, when I type 'history', it shows: 'skiull has no history games', I thought that winboard will save the games but is not configured like that by default

This is strange because for me the 'history' command is working, at least it shows a list of the last 40 games played.
I didn't check if the games are accessible though.

[hgm]

... when I type 'history', it shows: 'skiull has no history games',

That is rather weird. When I log on and type "history Skiull", I do see games:

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fics% history Skiull
History for Skiull:
                  Opponent      Type         ECO End Date
 0: - 1483 B 1620 rpiTogaII     [ br  5   1] D20 Mat Sat Oct 10 21:25:51 2015
 1: + 1614 B 1490 KingSlayer    [ br  5   1] A06 Mat Sat Oct 10 21:37:45 2015
 2: + 1702 W 1567 rpiMinkoChess [ br  5   1] A00 Mat Sat Oct 10 21:53:33 2015
 3: - 1665 W 1918 Rookie        [ br  5   1] C47 Mat Sat Oct 10 22:05:22 2015
 4: - 1567 B 1512 Giraffe       [ br  5   1] A28 Mat Sat Oct 10 22:18:08 2015
 5: = 1574 W 1608 Nemeton       [ br  5   1] C01 Rep Sat Oct 10 22:30:49 2015
 6: = 1568 B 1535 Schooner      [ br  5   1] D55  NM Sat Oct 10 22:55:12 2015
 7: + 1613 W 1573 Joker         [ br  5   1] C11 Mat Sat Oct 10 23:11:10 2015
 8: - 1573 W 1607 Spartacus     [ br  5   1] B45 Mat Sat Oct 10 23:22:42 2015

I thought that winboard will save the games but is not configured like that by default

Well, that is a bit difficult to configure, as it is not known in advance where the user will install XBoard, and it could be in a read-only place (like C:\Program Files\).

[tttony]

Alright now it's showing the games, I was using Arena but I forgot to change the host to winboard.nl

With winboard now I got all the games with the command:

smoves Skiull GAME_NUMBER

Now I've saved all the games played

[Daniel Anulliero]

... when I type 'history', it shows: 'skiull has no history games',

That is rather weird. When I log on and type "history Skiull", I do see games:

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fics% history Skiull
History for Skiull:
                  Opponent      Type         ECO End Date
 0: - 1483 B 1620 rpiTogaII     [ br  5   1] D20 Mat Sat Oct 10 21:25:51 2015
 1: + 1614 B 1490 KingSlayer    [ br  5   1] A06 Mat Sat Oct 10 21:37:45 2015
 2: + 1702 W 1567 rpiMinkoChess [ br  5   1] A00 Mat Sat Oct 10 21:53:33 2015
 3: - 1665 W 1918 Rookie        [ br  5   1] C47 Mat Sat Oct 10 22:05:22 2015
 4: - 1567 B 1512 Giraffe       [ br  5   1] A28 Mat Sat Oct 10 22:18:08 2015
 5: = 1574 W 1608 Nemeton       [ br  5   1] C01 Rep Sat Oct 10 22:30:49 2015
 6: = 1568 B 1535 Schooner      [ br  5   1] D55  NM Sat Oct 10 22:55:12 2015
 7: + 1613 W 1573 Joker         [ br  5   1] C11 Mat Sat Oct 10 23:11:10 2015
 8: - 1573 W 1607 Spartacus     [ br  5   1] B45 Mat Sat Oct 10 23:22:42 2015

I thought that winboard will save the games but is not configured like that by default

Well, that is a bit difficult to configure, as it is not known in advance where the user will install XBoard, and it could be in a read-only place (like C:\Program Files\).

History works well for me (Isa)
Well I liked this tourney and was happy to drew Joker , but after , I think Isa played so bad , and some bad openning choices :
**Against Sillycon , with black : 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a6 3.Nf3 d5 :
[d]rnbqkb1r/1pp1pppp/p4n2/3p4/2PP4/5N2/PP2PPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 4
May be dificult to play by a weak engine
**Against Schooner , the King gambit , same remarq, dificult to play with a pawn behind for a weak engine

And about the Isa's problem with black pieces , it was a silly bug , computer_side was = EMPTY by default instead of = BLACK lol

At least , a funny tournament , can't wait the next one

Bests
Dany

[hgm]

Alright now it's showing the games, I was using Arena but I forgot to change the host to winboard.nl

Yeah, you won't find the games on freechess.org, that's for sure!

[flok]

Is it not possible to use the SMTP server from the provider where you hire the VPS?

Alas, not. SMTP servers only accept mail from the known set of customer IPs, to prevent their abuse for spamming.

Then don't use a smart relay but do direct delivery.
You could also maybe use the relay of your own isp; that would require enabling authentication with the user/pass of your isp.

[jshriver]

Glad to see WaDuuttie and Nightmare still kicking butt. Loved those engines hope the authors are doing well.

[Joost Buijs]

No blitz tourney this month?

[hgm]

I am out of town this weekend, so I intended to have it next week.