X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ.html;h=978807f05e3253122c4d22810546a410fc35720a;hb=d397edb934a78bb4d0ceec02cd3768cc7244be99;hp=eef95e90026ada262ba81db47b76137b712d8bdd;hpb=ea750683ac62717dd7346de17b5ae072622ff92a;p=xboard.git diff --git a/FAQ.html b/FAQ.html index eef95e9..978807f 100644 --- a/FAQ.html +++ b/FAQ.html @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ project pages at If you have other questions about XBoard/WinBoard that aren't answered in this FAQ, you can try Aaron Tay's WinBoard and Chess Engines FAQ, at http://www.aarontay.per.sg/Winboard/. +>defunct URL.
For general news and information about chess, try the newsgroup hierarchy rec.games.chess.*, especially the groups rec.games.chess.misc and @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ rec.games.chess.computer. Both of the latter groups have very informative FAQs maintained by Steve Pribut; look for them on the newsgroups or at http://www.clark.net/pub/pribut/chess.html. +>defunct URL.
Like other GNU software, you can get XBoard, and WinBoard by anonymous FTP from @@ -285,7 +285,10 @@ bug-xboard@gnu.org.
Beginner questions and discussion about the program may get faster answers on the WinBoard Forum at http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/. +>http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/. +This forum also constains a section dedicated to propose and discuss +new features for WinBoard / XBoard or WinBoard protocol, +and reposrt bugs.
If you are developing a chess engine that works with XBoard or WinBoard (or an alternative @@ -293,6 +296,9 @@ GUI that works with such engines), see the Chess Engines mailing list, hosted at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chess-engines. +For better response, join the above-mentioned WinBoard forum, +or the CCC forum. +
Any time you want to report a possible bug in XBoard or WinBoard, we need to know exactly what you did, and exactly what error (or @@ -344,10 +350,12 @@ work.
+The WinBoard 4.3 fork has taken the protocol in a different direction, +though, extending version 2 with new features as they were needed, +rather than upgrading to a new protocol in a single sweep. +It does not seem likely that there will be a v3 protocol in the +foreseeable future. +
The WinBoard distribution includes a port of GNU Chess to Win32. -The GNU Chess port is distributed in executable form, with instructions for -rebuilding it from the standard GNU Chess sources (available separately). You -should have at least 16 to 24 MB of memory to run GNU Chess with WinBoard. +
The WinBoard distribution includes a sample Chess engine.
The WinBoard distribution also includes the ICC timestamp and FICS timeseal programs (topic [B.12]). @@ -707,10 +717,12 @@ files on ICC and FICS.
XBoard and WinBoard can display only one board at a time, but you can observe your partner's game by running a second copy of the @@ -1070,11 +1082,19 @@ pid=$$ The chess engines are too strong and always beat me. How can I adjust the difficulty level to make them weaker? -
The simplest way to get that effect is to make sure the -XBoard/WinBoard Auto Flag option is off, set a very fast time control -so that the chess engine can't think for long, but take as much time -over your own moves as you want. Also feel free to use Retract Move if -you make a blunder. +
The best way is to get a weaker chess engine. +On the ChessWar website +you will find a rating list of virtually all engines that are able to +play under XBoard/WinBoard, from super-humanly strong to ridculously weak. +Most of them can be downloaded for free from the internet.
+ +A way to get that effect is to limit the time the engine can use for +deciding on its move. The time-odds options or menu items in the +time-control dialog) can be used to this end. This is only of limited +help, as engines do not weeken that much at faster time-control, +and there is a practical limit to how fast you can order the engine +to go. Also feel free to use Retract Move if +you make a blunder.
Many chess coaches will let you switch sides after they get a stronger position so that you can get experience playing