If people have doubts regarding the time, they can log on with this sequence in a console (directly in linux or after doing Start->All programs->accesories->command prompt in some Winodows versions):
telnet 80.100.28.169 5000
guest
<enter>
date
And they will get the local time in the server itself, to calibrate everybody's watches
This is what I get when in Chicago (CST) is 5:03 PM (17:03)
fics% date
Local time - Wed Oct 7, 00:03 CEST 2009
Greenwich time - Tue Oct 6, 22:03 GMT 2009
Miguel
Isn't CET Central European Time?
It's 3:06 PM CET right now, but it is 1:06 PM UTC, and UK time is one hour ahead of UTC due to daylight saving...
It would have been much easier if he had just said 21:00 Amsterdam time say, and then we just look up timeanddate.com and find out what time it is there compared to our local locations. Trouble with CET is: is Amsterdam on CET, or is it +1, -1 etc
Well I've has a lot of success with the server. Played a few games against FairyMax, and then I set up Winboard on 2 separate PCs, logged on to the server with each, and played E.T.Chess vs Hermann with 2 machines. Because the whole interface is command-line driven, there is a lot to learn though...
Zappa is my favourite engine ! I really look forward to being able to participate with this. Of course it is the early free version not the commercial one
