Author: Graham Banks
Date: 09:20:21 12/06/05
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On December 06, 2005 at 10:34:27, Günther Simon wrote: >Greg Simpson: >>>I don't have "such problems" in Winboard, I have a problem with one game out of >>>40 with Rybka, and none out of thousands with Fruit, Toga, Crafty, Ruffian and >>>Zappa. I don't think the problem is Winboard related. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >On December 06, 2005 at 03:05:48, Graham Banks wrote: >>Winboard support: Ditto - not supported. This protocol contradicts my notion of >>what an engine should do. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >With all respect Graham this is a nonsense answer >with a nonsensical quote. > >I beta tested Rybka for Vas since > 1.5 years under WB and most >people are aware that Polyglot gives 1:1 support for WB. >(Vas also never saw any reason to complain and was happy about >my bug reports _regarding_ Rybka until today) >If you would follow your reasoning you should never test WB >programs in Chessbase(but you do with the WB2UCI adapter >plus the UCI.dll adapters from CB, which always had >reported dozens of bugs - not even speaking of all other >WB adapters ever created by SMK and CB which were >even buggier), especially your beloved Chessmaster >personalities. > >I never experienced any problems in 1000s of games with >UCI programs using Polyglot in WB. Why do you think >Fabien had created it with the feedback of Leo and me, >if not allowing his Fruit play the best way in WB? > >May be you were confused by either messages from unexperienced >users, or by users reporting problems _on chess servers_? >(Polyglot was never intended to work with chess servers and >AFAIK all problems were timestamp problems or again user >errors) > >Have you even tried to reproduce the problem of Greg in >CB or Arena? > >Regards, >Guenther Hi Guenther, what I posted was directly from the Rybka readme file. They were not my words. Please don't shoot the messenger, Regards, Graham.
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