Re: [Scid-users] A database for Xiangqi?

2010-12-17 Thread M Winther
e project. I have written several Zillions programs, and Game Courier implementations: http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/chessvar.htm Have a look. Included are many historical chess variants, as King Gustav III's chess, and Mongolian Grand Chess (Hiashatar). Mats > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010

Re: [Scid-users] A database for Xiangqi?

2010-12-16 Thread M Winther
- Original Message - From: "Adrian Petrescu" To: "M Winther" Cc: Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 7:13 AM Subject: Re: [Scid-users] A database for Xiangqi? >I think being fond of programming and solving problems is a >necessary, but > not sufficient,

Re: [Scid-users] A database for Xiangqi?

2010-12-16 Thread M Winther
> excited. > > Cheers, > Adrian > > Thu Dec 16 2010 22:01:51 GMT-0800 (PST) : > Original Message From: "Steven" To: "M > Winther ... > I think that many people who develop chess programs do it because they are fond of prog

Re: [Scid-users] A database for Xiangqi?

2010-12-16 Thread M Winther
- Original Message - From: "Steven" To: "M Winther" Cc: "Scid Users List" Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [Scid-users] A database for Xiangqi? >> how difficult would it be to adapt Scid to Xiangqi? >Fairly impossibl

[Scid-users] A database for Xiangqi?

2010-12-16 Thread M Winther
There exist many databases for chess, but not a single one for Xiangqi, Chinese Chess. I can understand that chess aficionados don't like to promote a competing game, but it's kind of absurd how much energy of developers goes into chess whereas very little is devoted to Xiangqi. After all, Xiangqi