Author: Graham Banks
Date: 10:01:46 12/06/05
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On December 06, 2005 at 12:44:50, Günther Simon wrote: >On December 06, 2005 at 12:20:21, Graham Banks wrote: > >>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. > > >Hi Graham, I know of course, but your quote must have had some intention, >otherwise it would have been useless at all for the _specific_ >problem and question of the original poster. >It is absolutely clear that you wanted to imply with your quote, that >the user should _not_ use WB for Rybka and that is nonsense. >If you don't agree I see no point for your answer at all, >because it helped Greg not one jota. >Thus, why had the 'messenger' send an at best irrelevant message? :) > >Regards, >Guenther No evil intentions at all Guenther. I like Winboard, have used it extensively and participate actively in the Winboard forum. I thought that the fact that Vas said that Rybka didn't support the Winboard protocol would be a reason as to why the poster might be having problems. Give me a break! Graham.
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