Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:20:21 11/07/00
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On November 07, 2000 at 17:02:17, Wieland Belka wrote: >On November 07, 2000 at 10:32:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 07, 2000 at 06:53:36, Wieland Belka wrote: >> >>>On November 05, 2000 at 09:39:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On November 05, 2000 at 06:10:17, Wieland Belka wrote: >>>> >>>>>On November 04, 2000 at 22:02:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On November 04, 2000 at 12:58:44, Wieland Belka wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On November 03, 2000 at 18:16:44, Wieland Belka wrote: >On November 02, 2000 at >>>>>>>14:30:31, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>On November 02, 2000 at 13:21:21, Wieland Belka wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Hello Crafty friends, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>I set a position with command "setboard", let analyze it by Crafty, forced a >>>>>>>>>>>move and saved this position with command "savepos", without file ending "fen". >>>>>>>>>>>But it was not possible to re-import it again: no "read", no "in" command ... >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Would anybody help? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Thanks Wieland >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>You should be able to say "input <file>" and have it set the position up. >>>>>>>>>>I do this all the time. (in works for input of course, as would inp, and >>>>>>>>>>inpu). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Thanks for reply! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>In your Crafty command list v. 17.XX the command "input" was only explained for >>>>>>>>>import of command files?! No other commands importing game files?! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Okay, I tried to do like you told, with fen and pgn files - only failures by >>>>>>>>>Crafty!? Crafty was crashing down ... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>regards Wieland >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I am not sure what you are trying to do. "savepos <xxx>" saves a FEN position in file "xxx". >>>>>>> >>>>>>>That is clear, of course. And I was doing so ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>You can later type "in xxx" and the position will restore to exactly what you saved. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>No! I tried that on this way: At first I imported a PGN file with command >>>>>>>"read", then I exported again as a FEN file with command "savepos" and >>>>>>>re-imported with comand "in". That's okay. But: Another FEN file produced by a >>>>>>>third software I could not import with "in" - Crafty was crashing down! But this >>>>>>>same FEN file I could read by Winboard exactly?! What are you telling now? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "in" inputs >and executes commands from a file... it won't suck in pgn games >>>>>>>>or anything else. To get a PGN game into crafty to fiddle with (ie to reset >>>>>>>>to a particular position or whatever) type "read <filename>" where <filename> >>>>>>>>is a file in PGN format. You can only work with one PGN game at a time inside >>>>>>>>crafty, so this doesn't sound like what you are asking. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Bob, the point is: I read your command list v. 17.XX again and again. And I >>>>>>>could not find these explanations to command "input" given here?! >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Am I right saying your command list is not completely? I'm missing commands like >>>>>>>benchmark, freq, cab ... or using CPU time?! Your explanations to command >>>>>>>"input" by command list are not well. What can I do? I can only read your >>>>>>>command list, not more ... ;-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>>regards Wieland >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>If you "in" a file, it must have an "exit" on the end. I can't use an >>>>>>end-of-file test, because the code that handles "in" is the same code that >>>>>>reads from stdin, and an eof from stdin _must_ cause the program to >>>>>>terminate, else it will loop forever. >>>>>> >>>>>>look at the file after a 'savepos'. it has an exit added automatically. >>>>>> >>>>>>Note that the "setboard" command is not needed, crafty will detect that it >>>>>>has read a FEN string and set the position correctly. >>>>> >>>>>Thanks, Bob. But I believe we are turning in a cycle (Can I say so?? ;-) )! >>>>>At first, please, look above! I told of my experiences importing PGN, exporting >>>>>as FEN and re-importing it again ... This FEN file of a third software contained >>>>>an "exit" command?! >>>>> >>>>>And the second: What do you tell to this point your command list v. 17.XX would >>>>>not be completely? >>>>> >>>>>regards Wieland >>>> >>>> >>>>All that I can say is that to the best of my knowledge, crafty.doc gives all >>>>commands. I will check again, but I am not aware of anything missing. >>> >>> >>>Bob, I'm sorry! But that is not right. I'm missing commands like benchmark, >>>to frequence, to cab ... or using CPU time?! >>>Explanations i.e. for "input" are not completely. *Only examples* ... >>> >>>And the other point: I told of my experiences importing PGN, exporting as FEN >>>and >>>re-importing it again ... This FEN file of a third software contained an "exit" >>>command! And even so Crafty did not import this FEN file rightly, was crashing >>>down?! >>>But Winboard could read this FEN file correctly ... >> >> >>Please post the FEN file here. I will look at it to see what is wrong. > > >Third software's FEN file: >2kr3r/pppq1p1p/2n4p/1Bbn2P1/4P3/P4Q2/1P6/R1B1K1NR w - - 0 1 >Winboard can read correctly ... > >Crafty's FEN file: >setboard 1k1r3r/pppB1p1p/7R/3P1QP1/8/P7/1P5K/R1B3q1 b >exit > >But re-importing with command "in" Crafty failed: "ERROR side not on move >is in check"?! > >Thanks! Those two FEN strings are not identical. Check the 8th rank. In the first one, black has a king on c8, in the second one black's king is on b8. In the second, it says black to move, yet white's king on h2 is attacked by the black queen on g1. The second position is illegal... if it is really black to move. The move is Qxh2 and black wins as white has no king. :)
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