Winboard and ICC

[vladstamate]

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.

[vladstamate]

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.

[H.G.Muller]

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'.

[vladstamate]

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.