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Hi all,

I am trying to run my engine on ICC. It looks like the command line I used to connect to Freechess.org does not work for Chessclub. This is what I am executing in a batch file. What am I doing wrong?

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"E:\Chess\Programs\WinBoard-4.4.0\Winboard\winboard.exe" -debug -zp -zippyMaxGames 5 -zippyReplayTimeout 600 -zippyGameStart "say Hi there! This is Plisk a friendly computer chess program." -zippyGameEnd "say Thank you for playing!\nhistory\nfinger\nseek 15 0 r m f\nseek 2 0 r m f\nseek 5 0 r m f" -zippyMaxGames 2 -ics -icshost chessclub.com -icshelper timeseal  -autoflag -fcp 'E:\Chess\Engines\Plisk\0.2.2\plisk-d-amd64.exe' -fd 'E:\Chess\Engines\Plisk\0.2.2' -sgf icc_game.pgn -xreuse


If I execute that I get on the console:

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Welcome to the INTERNET CHESS CLUB

web:   www.chessclub.com    email: icc@chessclub.com
phone: 1-412-521-5553

login: "vq" does not match any player's name exactly.
No such username
login: plisk
Invalid username
login:


And it keeps going. It won't accept my user name. Note that Winboard works fine if I just start it by using the link in the StartMenu to connect to chessclub. Also what causes the "vq" name? I am not typing that anywhere.

Regards,
Vlad.

It looks like if I do not pass the "-icshelper timeseal" the "vq" thing does not appear and my account is accepted and my engine can play.

Any idea why timeseal and ICC don't work well together?

Regards,
Vlad.

For ICC you have to use timestamp, not timeseal. They use other encryption, so ICC decodes your username completely wrong when you encrypted it with timeseal. Hence the 'vq'.

Hi HGM,

Thank you for explaining that. Now it makes sense. And I also realize this might have been the slightly wrong forum to post this. The "Winboard and related Topics" seems more appropriate. I apologize for that.

Kind regards,
Vlad.