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Author Thread:How to configure Ytoics with Yahoo Chess<-->Winboard<-->Chessbase Program like Fritz using Chessbase
Jonty
How to configure Ytoics with Yahoo Chess<-->Winboard<-->Chessbase Program like Fritz using Chessbase
Posted:Friday, July 15, 2005 5:15 PM (CST)

 

 

How to configure Ytoics with Yahoo Chess<-->Winboard<-->Chessbase Program like Fritz using Chessbase interface and Active Perl in Windows XP.

 

I did the following steps (My OS is Windows XP Service Pack 2 and installed Active PERL MSI, latest Winboard (along with the winboard and chessbase adapters in same folder as in winboard in D:\Program Files\Winboard), Chessbase Deep Fritz 8) :-

 

01. Put the Ytoics in a folder in D drive. Path -> D:\Ytoics
1a. Created applets of different Yahoo Chess Rooms like room1applet.html using GetApplet generator.

 

02. Went to Start -> Run -> d:\Ytoics\ytoics.pl -p 4400
2a. MS DOS Box opens saying connected to Port 4400

03. Ran DF 8 in Chessbase GUI.


3a. Clicked tools -> Connect Hardware -> Auto-232 1.0 -> Unchecked 'Unload After Autoplay' and checked 'Server Game'
3b. Immediately I clicked the Chessbase adapter which was already in the Winboard folder (D:\Program Files\Winboard)
3c. ICS Client starts along with Winboard.

 

04. ICS Dialogue box says 'Enter Login and Password'
4a. I type D:\Ytoics\room1applet.html
4b. I am logged on to Yahoo Chess.

 

05. On necessary commands I sit and start playing chess.

5a. When my opponent makes first move playing white, the move is made in Winboard and subsequently in the Chessbase GUI. The Chessbase Engine (DF8) replies BUT THAT IS WHERE IT STOPS. THE MOVE IS NOT MADE AUTOMATICALLY IN THE WINBOARD AND SUBSEQUENTLY FAILS TO MOVE IN THE TABLE IN YAHOO.
5b. When I play white, my time starts, DF makes the first move, but the move doesn't reflect in Winboard and thus not in the main Yahoo Chess Table.

 

How to solve the above problem?? How can the moves from DF 8 (or the Chessbase GUI) be translated into a Winboard move and subsequently in the Yahoo main table?

 

Can anyone help?

 
My email address is detergent@rediffmail.com.

 

Thanks and regards,
Jonty


 

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