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Subject: Re: winboard fritz compatibility. i recieved this message from chessbase

Author: José Carlos

Date: 01:02:57 10/05/00

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On October 05, 2000 at 03:43:34, Mike Adams wrote:

>i recieved this message from chessbase and had questions on how to interpert it.
>
>
>The engine should always print the mainlines, also during pondering, the
>adaptor relies on that. The move played by the engine will always be the 1st
>move of the most recent mainline. If there was no mainline, the adaptor
>tries to create a one-move mainline from the move played by the engine. This
>works only if it is printed out in the standard way. If this fails, too, an
>empty move is returned.
>
>  Main lines is principle variation?

  I guess so.

>  How can the move played by the engine
>always be the first move of the most recent mainline. what if it changes.

  The first move of the PV is always the move you plan to make first, so I see
no problem there.

>And
>what does it mean printed out in standard way. I use 'move d1d2' for example. I
>see gnu chess uses 'My move is: c7g3' is this the standard way? Input would be
>appreciated.

  In the PV, you don't use the word 'move' or anything else. Standard way
refers, I think, to print the PV as:

  e2e4 e7e5 g1f3 b8c6 b1c3

...where e2e4 is the move that will be played.

  José C.



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