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diff --git a/qchess/qchess.py b/qchess/qchess.py
index da4cab7..1dd8691 100755
--- a/qchess/qchess.py
+++ b/qchess/qchess.py
@@ -722,7 +722,15 @@ class FifoPlayer(Player):
 		Player.__init__(self, name, colour)
 		os.mkfifo(self.name+".in")
 		os.mkfifo(self.name+".out")
-		
+
+		try:
+			self.fifo_out = open_fifo(self.name+".out","w", FifoPlayer.timeout)
+		except:
+			raise Exception("FIFO_TIMEOUT")
+		else:
+			self.fifo_out.write("START "+colour+"\n")
+			self.fifo_out.close()
+
 		
 		
 		
@@ -2995,4 +3003,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 		
 
 # --- main.py --- #
-# EOF - created from make on Thursday 20 June  18:09:07 WST 2013
+# EOF - created from make on Friday 21 June  18:15:14 WST 2013