[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ][ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ][ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]Single Comment The birth of two variants: Apothecary chess 1 & Apothecary chess 2[Subject Thread] [Add Response] H. G. Muller wrote on Mon, Sep 19, 2016 04:00 PM UTC:This should work, if you have the Fairy-Max folder as sub-folder inside the folder where winboard.exe is. In winboard.ini: /settingsFile=settings.ini /saveSettingsFile=settings.ini /fcp=fmax.exe /fd=Fairy-Max /scp=fmax.exe /sd=Fairy-Max /variant=elven /testLegality=false /pieceToCharTable="PNBRQW.A..C......GKpnbrqw.a..c......gk" /loadPositionFile="./start.fen" And in start.fen (in the WinBoard folder): r2wccw2r/1anbqkbna1/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/1GNBQKBNG1/R2WCCW2R w - - 0 1 r2wccw2r/1gnbqkbng1/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/1ANBQKBNA1/R2WCCW2R w - - 0 1 And in the fmax.ini file (in the Fairy-Max folder): // Large-board variant Game: elven 10x10=3 7 3 4 5 10 11 9 4 3 7 7 3 4 6 10 12 8 4 3 7 p:100 -16,24 -16,6 -15,5 -17,5 p:100 16,24 16,6 15,5 17,5 n:340 14,7 31,7 33,7 18,7 -14,7 -31,7 -33,7 -18,7 46,6 50,6 -46,6 -50,6 35,6 29,6 -29,6 -35,6 b:350 15,3 17,3 -15,3 -17,3 w:440 47,7 49,7 -47,7 -49,7 19,7 13,7 -13,7 -19,7 15,7 -15,7 17,7 -17,7 c:450 1,7 16,7 30,7 34,7 -1,7 -16,7 -30,7 -34,7 2,7 32,7 -2,7 -32,7 R:470 1,3 16,3 -1,3 -16,3 A:780 16,3,17 16,3,15 -16,3,-15 -16,3,-17 1,3,17 -1,3,15 -1,3,-17 1,3,-15 G:830 17,3,16 15,3,16 -15,3,-16 -17,3,-16 17,3,1 -15,3,1 -17,3,-1 15,3,-1 Q:950 1,3 16,3 15,3 17,3 -1,3 -16,3 -15,3 -17,3 k:-2 1,7 16,7 15,7 17,7 -1,7 -16,7 -15,7 -17,7 k:-2 1,7 16,7 15,7 17,7 -1,7 -16,7 -15,7 -17,7 # # P& fmWfceFifmnD # N& NmZ # W& CF # C& WAD # G& FyafsF # A& WyafsW # K& K You then only have to tick "step through lines orpositions", and specify a "Rewind after" of 2 in the Tournament Options dialog, and select "Machine Match" in the Mode menu. (After selecting the desired Time Control.)
This should work, if you have the Fairy-Max folder as sub-folder inside the folder where winboard.exe is.
In winboard.ini:
And in start.fen (in the WinBoard folder):
And in the fmax.ini file (in the Fairy-Max folder):
You then only have to tick "step through lines orpositions", and specify a "Rewind after" of 2 in the Tournament Options dialog, and select "Machine Match" in the Mode menu. (After selecting the desired Time Control.)