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by alfons
Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:24 pm
Forum: Engines, GUIs, Books and Platforms
Topic: Any review on GM Smirnov's latest opening course?
Replies: 3
Views: 2869

Re: Any review on GM Smirnov's latest opening course?

I do consider obfuscating URLs through a shortener-service as evil and bad habit.

http://tinyurl.com/qebodft
by alfons
Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:39 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Threads Destroyed! Concerning Forum Rules...
Replies: 28
Views: 11143

Re: Threads Destroyed! Concerning Forum Rules...

I'm against banning too (this doesn't refer to the bot-spam-accounts); proposal:

-tell $User...
-that his post will end in /dev/null (realiter he can compose a text-with colors /attachements and so on-which will end up in the digital Nirvana; there must be some sort of banner/sign: " Told you so ...
by alfons
Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:18 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Robodini
Replies: 46
Views: 13453

Re: Robodini

http://www.kikrtech.com/
webkikr kikr

For ideologic reasons (and the ones lying in the past) I do avoid: Peter Skinner and his webauftritt.

But thanks anyway.
by alfons
Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:06 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Robodini
Replies: 46
Views: 13453

Re: Robodini

Hello Dr. Hyatt,

could you please update some links/content of sites related to crafty, or at least order someone to do so?

http://craftychess.com/

indicates version 23.4 as stable; but 23.5 is already out

-albeit-

one cannot download it from the ftp (maybe just for internal use only?). Through ...
by alfons
Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:04 pm
Forum: Engines, GUIs, Books and Platforms
Topic: Interesting read on talkchess (xboard)
Replies: 4
Views: 13502

Re: Interesting read on talkchess (xboard)

allow a user to set options such as: Book depth, Book treshold
I think not. Setting the depth of a book while playing is most useful indeed.
enable/disable Book Randomness
Yes.

Thanks to H.G.M for all that he has done in forwarding Winboard/Winboard X and immense help/contributions to the ...
by alfons
Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:52 pm
Forum: Engines, GUIs, Books and Platforms
Topic: Interesting read on talkchess (xboard)
Replies: 4
Views: 13502

Re: Interesting read on talkchess (xboard)

PS: I do have my concern regarding IvanHoe's RobboBases which I would like to ask H.G.M: Are Robbobases now incorporated into Winboard's egtFormat like Nalimov, Gaviota, and Scorpios EGBB have been? Can Winboard now recognize and honor (honour) Robbobases with respect to the IvanHoe?

Ha! My point ...
by alfons
Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:12 pm
Forum: Engines, GUIs, Books and Platforms
Topic: Interesting read on talkchess (xboard)
Replies: 4
Views: 13502

Interesting read on talkchess (xboard)

this http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=499248&t=46586

I think is interesting. Ugly hacks have been introduced in a polyglot-variant to allow the user to set the number of cores of UCI-engines within the Win-/Xboard-GUI 'easily' (the very reason for the hacks?). Luckily ...
by alfons
Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:36 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Author of NGplay_61 should give credit to tscp
Replies: 61
Views: 12676

Re: Author of NGplay_61 should give credit to tscp

NGplay isn't a windows-only-app: it compiles not only well on Linux and Mac, but rather is usable (BAM!) on both platforms too (on the *BSDs also).

So it is cross-platf@ck!

Thanks for the this to the author.
by alfons
Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:45 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Universal Chessbot Client V1.0 (beta)
Replies: 4
Views: 1678

Re: Universal Chessbot Client V1.0 (beta)

Very nice; one can drink, eat and even enjoy listening to abstract music (or some complex ZWÖLFTÖNES!) while annihilation of so called großmeisters internetwise en passant can be observed. Playing with BAM-BAM* won't fetch nothing not as you know, but 'Doctor3.0?' will be unsushpishess and ...
by alfons
Mon May 21, 2012 9:44 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: exciting news for me...
Replies: 5
Views: 5774

Re: exciting news for me...

I think the programmer is a bit confused:

-in my case noone's attempting to 'scam' me
-the "military trunk boxes" are real (!) - and they'll need to get picked up (a mission I can be trusted with) naturally
-I'm assisting the American gouvernment btw. here - which is an important an honouring role ...