Winboard - 2 players mode

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Winboard - 2 players mode

Postby Olivier Deville » 10 Feb 2012, 10:18

Is there a way to have Winboard act as an arbiter for a 2 human players game, with clocks running?

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Re: Winboard - 2 players mode

Postby H.G.Muller » 10 Feb 2012, 18:11

Alas, no. You can enter moves for both sides in EditGame mode, but the clocks don't run. It would also not be very convenient, because you would have to change places in front of the keyboard /mouse all the time. Better to play through an ICS, with a WinBoard for each player on his own computer...
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Re: Winboard - 2 players mode

Postby Olivier Deville » 10 Feb 2012, 20:37

Indeed. Actually what I need is a tool for my blind tournaments on Skype, that can keep track of the moves and keep the arbiter informed about the time remaining for both players.

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Re: Winboard - 2 players mode

Postby H.G.Muller » 10 Feb 2012, 21:32

OK, I see. I can try to make a mode like that in WinBoard, but it might not be simple. So I can't predict how long it would take.
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Re: Winboard - 2 players mode

Postby Olivier Deville » 11 Feb 2012, 09:44

OK thanks hgm :)

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Re: Winboard - 2 players mode

Postby elmo721 » 19 Mar 2012, 03:27

I would like to see a two player mode with clocks .I build chess boards with keyboard input .its two people @ a chess board.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmXu5nrv7hY

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-e ... -board-101
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Re: Winboard - 2 players mode

Postby Olivier Deville » 19 Mar 2012, 07:24

elmo721 wrote:I would like to see a two player mode with clocks .I build chess boards with keyboard input .its two people @ a chess board.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmXu5nrv7hY

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-e ... -board-101


Thanks for the video!

It seems the software that speaks out moves in the backgroud is KChess, which is quite popular among blind players, but has some flaws.

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