Re: [Scidvspc-users] Feature request: Play vs WinBoard engines

[Steve A <ste...@gm...>]

Dale wrote

> I have a feature request but I'm not entirely sure how feasible it will be.
> Can we enable playing against WinBoard engines? I know WinBoard is a dated
> protocol, but given the massive amount of WinBoard engines there are around
> this could be a really useful function.

Hmmm - I think it is time to have this feature.

What i'll probably do is remove buggy Phalanx and the tactical game feature,
and replace it with another xboard engine and a Play vs Xboard feature
(possibly integrated with Play vs UCI)
Should be able to do this for the next release (Scid vs PC-4.11) but
it'll push it back a bit.

Which Engine and which version should be included ?
I'm guessing Crafty or Gnu chess, but suggestions are welcome.
Crafty can be tough to build on Linux, and Gnu Chess has undergone lots
of revisions which i dont know much about - so perhaps one version or another
would be better to use. We *dont* necessarily need the strongest version/engine.
Ease of build, integration with Scid, and code quality/integrity are
much stronger prereqs.
Some engines support the protocol better than others, so this is
another consideration.

Is someone interested in removing Phalanx and integrating a new Xboard engine
into ScidvsPC's build process.

Steve