Re: Linux - xboard - Duck chess

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Thanks, Joshua - that was an easy fix. Now I can get crushed by Stockfish!

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 9:50=E2=80=AFPM Joshua Pettus <[email protected]>=
 wrote:

> Are you using polyglot or UCI2WB?  Stockfish is an UCI engine, not a
> winboard one so it needs an adapter program.
>
> If either application is integrated with xboard correctly (i.e. present i=
n
> path with the default settings)
>
> Launch stockfish with
>
>  "stockfish" -fUCI
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Josh Pettus
>
>
> On 3/27/2023 5:55 PM, Rick Groszkiewicz wrote:
>
> I have been unable to get HGM's modified xboard (for duck chess) to work
> consistently under linux debian:
>
> https://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=3D7&t=3D80829&sid=3D71ffce79=
1c5430316d4bad03598012cd&start=3D200#p945483
>
> I decided to start over with my debian VM on my work PC. I installed the
> standard xboard software, as well as a few chess engines (including
> stockfish 12).
>
> Most of the engines seem to work as expected, but stockfish 12 never make=
s
> any moves. Does this sound familiar to you?
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks, Joshua - that was an easy fix. Now I can get crush=
ed by Stockfish!</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 9:50=E2=80=AFPM Joshua Pettus &lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br=
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border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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    <p>Are you using polyglot or UCI2WB?=C2=A0 Stockfish is an UCI engine,
      not a winboard one so it needs an adapter program.</p>
    <p>If either application is integrated with xboard correctly (i.e.
      present in path with the default settings)</p>
    <p>Launch stockfish with</p>
    <p>=C2=A0&quot;stockfish&quot; -fUCI</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>Best Regards,</p>
    <p>Josh Pettus<br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <div>On 3/27/2023 5:55 PM, Rick Groszkiewicz
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type=3D"cite">
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          <div>I have been unable to get HGM&#39;s modified xboard (for duc=
k
            chess) to work consistently under linux debian:</div>
          <div><a href=3D"https://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=3D7&=
amp;t=3D80829&amp;sid=3D71ffce791c5430316d4bad03598012cd&amp;start=3D200#p9=
45483" target=3D"_blank">https://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=3D7&a=
mp;t=3D80829&amp;sid=3D71ffce791c5430316d4bad03598012cd&amp;start=3D200#p94=
5483</a></div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div>I decided to start over with my debian VM on my work PC. I
          installed the standard xboard software, as well as a few chess
          engines (including stockfish 12). <br>
        </div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Most of the engines seem to work as expected, but stockfish
          12 never makes any moves. Does this sound familiar to you?<br>
        </div>
        <div>
          <div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
  </div>

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