Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:55:38 05/15/01
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On May 15, 2001 at 16:41:29, leonid wrote:
>On May 15, 2001 at 13:39:38, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On May 15, 2001 at 06:24:42, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>I need your suggestion in order of making my Chest (Heiner's mate
>>>solver)working.
>>>
>>>I downloaded program without any problem and when I call it for work, I see:
>>>
>>>CHEST version 3.19, 18-Dec-1999
>>>input file: STDIN
>>>Reading job:
>>>
>>>After saying the command and pushing "ENTER" all picture just disappeared. No
>>>problem for Windows but just Chest goes out of picture. Maybe you have
>>>suggestion of what should be done.
>>
>>There are documents that explain how to work it. It reads command line
>>parameters. This document:
>>
>>ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/chest/README_LONG
>>
>>explains how to operate it.
>
>It is only after reading README file and trying examples that I came here to
>ask. Never mind! If you could just say me if script on the screen (see above)
>came like it should be it will be already soemthing.
Here are the basic options:
E:\chest-3.19\Release>chest319 -?
CHEST version 3.19, 18-Dec-1999
Usage: chest319 [options] [--] [file]
-2 -A disable #2/anti heuristic
-a -f disable answer/fac heuristic
-b bulk mode operation
-c just check input board
-d increment debug level
-D increment special debug level
-g move generator test
-G N count tree width N plies deep
-l -L increment solution print depth / complete
-m do not use adaptive memory
-M N use N MB memory (transposition table) (-1==dft)
-p increment: print positive partial solutions
-r suppress refutation table
-s increment statistics level
-S optimize long solution
-t level increment of move execution trace
-T trace all move executions
-u increment dual suppression level
-U dual suppression except at top
-V just print version info
-x first execute a defender move
-z N depth of job (overrides file input)
-Z N default depth of job (if missing in input)
-eE special for hEiner
-hH special for tHorak
-oO special for hOps
-? print this usage
To process EPD data, the most important thing is to use the -b command (for
batch). Otherwise, it does not expect EPD at all, but the special Chest formats
for input files.
I will show an example of how to use it and what the command line flags mean
that I may use:
E:\chest-3.19\Release>chest319 -M5 -b -Z6 gmg089.epd
1B4k1/4pp2/p5pp/1r5P/2n3q1/2P2Q2/P1P3P1/2KR3R b - - acn 905; acs 0; bm Qg5+; ce
32760; dm 4; id "GMG1.089"; pv Qg5+ Qf4 Rb1+ Kxb1 Qb5+ Kc1 Qb2#;
The -M5 means use 5 megabytes for hash.
The -b means operate in batch mode (on EPD files)
The -Z6 means search for checkmates that are up to 6 deep
Then the file name.
E:\chest-3.19\Release>type gmg089.epd
1B4k1/4pp2/p5pp/1r5P/2n3q1/2P2Q2/P1P3P1/2KR3R b - - bm Qg5+; id "GMG1.089";
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