Question on running Nunn matches under WB

[Vladimir Medvedev]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Vladimir Medvedev at 10 August 2004 09:27:54:

Is it possible to run Nunn matches under WinBoard (or under WBTM + Winboard)?
I tried the following commandline but all the games were started from the first game in the file...
winboard.exe /cp /fd "engines\GreKo_2_812" /fcp GreKo_2_812 /sd "engines\GreKo_2_80" /scp GreKo_2_80 /mg 50 /lgf nunn25.pgn /sgf tourney.pgn /tc 1 /mps 0 /inc 0
I did not find any mention of Nunn matches in WBTM documentation...
Thus I have to run Nunn matches only under ChessBase UI (using wb2uci adaptor), but it is not comfortable for me...

[Andrew Williams]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Andrew Williams at 10 August 2004 10:11:20:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Question on running Nunn matches under WB geschrieben von:/posted by: Vladimir Medvedev at 10 August 2004 09:27:54:

Is it possible to run Nunn matches under WinBoard (or under WBTM + Winboard)?
I tried the following commandline but all the games were started from the first game in the file...
winboard.exe /cp /fd "engines\GreKo_2_812" /fcp GreKo_2_812 /sd "engines\GreKo_2_80" /scp GreKo_2_80 /mg 50 /lgf nunn25.pgn /sgf tourney.pgn /tc 1 /mps 0 /inc 0
I did not find any mention of Nunn matches in WBTM documentation...
Thus I have to run Nunn matches only under ChessBase UI (using wb2uci adaptor), but it is not comfortable for me...

You have to use /lgi with a numeric parameter which tells winboard *which* game in nunn25.pgn you want to use as the starting point. So you would do this if you wanted to do a 2-game match (each program gets one attempt as white) using position 1:
winboard.exe /cp /fd "engines\GreKo_2_812" /fcp GreKo_2_812 /sd "engines\GreKo_2_80" /scp GreKo_2_80 /mg 2 /lgf nunn25.pgn /lgi 1 /sgf tourney.pgn /tc 1 /mps 0 /inc 0
There are two possibilities if you want to do all 25: First you could create a batch file which has 25 lines like the one above in it, with only the /lgi N bit changed. Secondly (and much better) you could write a batch file with a loop in it; unfortunately, although I do this in Linux I don't know how to do it in Windows.

[Uri Blass]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Uri Blass at 10 August 2004 10:22:01:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Question on running Nunn matches under WB geschrieben von:/posted by: Vladimir Medvedev at 10 August 2004 09:27:54:

Is it possible to run Nunn matches under WinBoard (or under WBTM + Winboard)?
I tried the following commandline but all the games were started from the first game in the file...
winboard.exe /cp /fd "engines\GreKo_2_812" /fcp GreKo_2_812 /sd "engines\GreKo_2_80" /scp GreKo_2_80 /mg 50 /lgf nunn25.pgn /sgf tourney.pgn /tc 1 /mps 0 /inc 0
I did not find any mention of Nunn matches in WBTM documentation...
Thus I have to run Nunn matches only under ChessBase UI (using wb2uci adaptor), but it is not comfortable for me...

Try using something like the following(of course you need to choose different engines and different folders)
FOR %%P IN (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25) DO start /w winboard.exe /mg=2 /tc=10 /autoCallFlag true /ponderNextMove false /cp /lgf nunn2.pgn /lgi %%P /fcp=movei00_8_251s.exe /fd=d:\engines /scp="tcb0052.exe tcbxinit.cui" /sd=d:\tcb0052 /sgf=d:\nunn\move16crazy30bishopponderof.pgn

Uri

[Odd Gunnar Malin]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Odd Gunnar Malin at 10 August 2004 14:53:29:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Question on running Nunn matches under WB geschrieben von:/posted by: Vladimir Medvedev at 10 August 2004 09:27:54:

Is it possible to run Nunn matches under WinBoard (or under WBTM + Winboard)?
I tried the following commandline but all the games were started from the first game in the file...
winboard.exe /cp /fd "engines\GreKo_2_812" /fcp GreKo_2_812 /sd "engines\GreKo_2_80" /scp GreKo_2_80 /mg 50 /lgf nunn25.pgn /sgf tourney.pgn /tc 1 /mps 0 /inc 0
I did not find any mention of Nunn matches in WBTM documentation...
Thus I have to run Nunn matches only under ChessBase UI (using wb2uci adaptor), but it is not comfortable for me...

Beside adding /lgi and copying lines (mention below) you could also try the Ert tool by Lokasoft. I think it is freeware, maybe you need to install the demo of Chesspartner to get it.
It have nativ (and good) support for Winboard engines.
In addition to running nunnmatches it can also publish the result automatic on a webside so you can follow the match from another place.
I sometimes start such a match on my work-machine freday afternoon and can follow the progress from home the hole weekend.
Odd Gunnar

[David Dahlem]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: David Dahlem at 10 August 2004 15:43:22:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Question on running Nunn matches under WB geschrieben von:/posted by: Vladimir Medvedev at 10 August 2004 09:27:54:

Is it possible to run Nunn matches under WinBoard (or under WBTM + Winboard)?
I tried the following commandline but all the games were started from the first game in the file...
winboard.exe /cp /fd "engines\GreKo_2_812" /fcp GreKo_2_812 /sd "engines\GreKo_2_80" /scp GreKo_2_80 /mg 50 /lgf nunn25.pgn /sgf tourney.pgn /tc 1 /mps 0 /inc 0
I did not find any mention of Nunn matches in WBTM documentation...
Thus I have to run Nunn matches only under ChessBase UI (using wb2uci adaptor), but it is not comfortable for me...

An easier, and much better, alternative in my opinion, is the Arena gui.
Regards
Dave