WinBoard command line tourney - crosstable-like results?

[EdCollins]

Greetings,

What's the best way to see the results of an engine tourney run from the WinBoard command line?

To clarify, let's say I'm running a Muzio Gambit themed tourney at home during the day, while I'm away at work.

My batch file might look something like this:

winboard452.exe /mg 4 /cp /tc 10 /inc 0 /noGUI /fcp="Polyglot1466b.exe _PG/stockfish21.ini" /scp="Polyglot1458b.exe _PG/houdini15.ini" /lpf "muzio.fen" /sgf="d:\chess\WinBoard\muzio-games.pgn"

The second line in the batch file looks similar, but pairs Stockfish against Critter.

The third line pairs Houdini against Critter.

Etc.

At the end of the day, when I come home, I have a new muzio-games.pgn file that is filled with the tourney games that were played.

All of this is fine, but what's the best way to quickly determine the final results of the tourney? Certainly there must be a better way than to examine the pgn file, looking at the results of each game, while making notes.

Yes, I do realize that GUIs like Fritz 12 (which I have) have the option to hold a tourney, and display a cross-table at the end, (Arena probably does this too) but I'm a bigger WinBoard fan than a Fritz or Arena fan. (I actually like working with the command line, and WinBoard, vs. Fritz and Arena.)

And yes, if I wanted to, I CAN write a program to read a PGN file and figure out the results for me (and I may do this) but I know that others aren't capable of writing their own programs. How would they solve this "problem?" Or am I the only one who runs tourneys in this fashion?

As always, thanks in advance for any replies.

Ed Collins

[H.G.Muller]

There are many PGN to cross-table converters around. George Lyapko had a good one (lgtable.exe), whch produces output in html. I have written another one myself that produces a cross-table in ASCII format (for posting in forums). I can put it on-line, if you are interested.

Btw, if you use http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-TM.zip , you would not have to use a script anymore, as the tournament manager is built in there. (It still expects you to make the cross-table from the PGN, though.)