Wasp 6.50 is released

[Damir]

Thanks for new Wasp Engine John. Much appreciated.

[Scally]

Hi John,

I’ve sent you a PM re Wasp 6.50 on the Raspberry Pi & Picochess

Cheers,

Al

[chesskobra]

I cannot get Wasp to work under linux in xboard. I tried adding the following line in .xboard

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 "Wasp 6.50 Linux" -fcp Wasp650-linux-ancient  -fUCI

When I tried to start a game, it said waaiting for the first engine to start, I also tried the above with the other linux binaries. In general avx binaries work on my laptop.

Also tried adding it in scid vs pc.

Should I pass some options with the command? I could run it in the terminal, but after it starts, I don't know what to do.

I got interested because someone above said that it has a good way of reducing playing strength.

[jstanback]

I don't have xboard for linux, so can't test out your command. But for winboard under windows, this command works:

winboard -fcp "\chess\winboard-4.8.0\engines\wasp\Wasp650-windows-avx.exe" -fUCI

so maybe starting xboard in a similar fashion will work? Or maybe the line in your .xboard file should have the full path to the Wasp binary.

John

[chesskobra]

I tried setting full path to the executable. But didn't work. Does it need the book? If so, does the book have to be in the same directory as the executable and should a specific book be used?

[AdminX]

I can confirm there is something wrong with the linux version. In Cutechess I get this:

"Could not initialize player Wasp650-linux-avx: no response to ping"

I can start it from the terminal prompt with no problem, however it crashes with every GUI that I have tried. Banksia, Cutechess, ScidvsPC, etc.

I have used every linux Wasp version for 6.50

[jstanback]

I think I've fixed the problem. I updated the linux binaries here:

https://waspchess.stanback.net/wasp_6.50.html

I can run Wasp in cutechess.cli (Ubuntu under WSL). I hope this update works for others now.

John

[AdminX]

I think I've fixed the problem. I updated the linux binaries here:

https://waspchess.stanback.net/wasp_6.50.html

I can run Wasp in cutechess.cli (Ubuntu under WSL). I hope this update works for others now.

John

Hi John, Thank you! That did the trick, it is now working under Linux.