Author: David Dahlem
Date: 08:53:08 09/17/02
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On September 17, 2002 at 05:13:17, Volker Pittlik wrote: >On September 16, 2002 at 17:27:11, David Dahlem wrote: > >... >>Thanks Volker. Yes, the readme for the original Chest by Heiner is in English. >>But that doesn't help me understand what the configuration options mean in >>Arena. For example, there is a check box for "Opponent Moves". I don't know what >>this does. > >"Opponent move" (I guess "DefenderMoves") > >This option solves problems of the type "black moves and whites mates in n >moves" (and conversely). In this case all defending moves for the side to move >are generated. All for all this moves the mates for the opponent side are >searched. > >The output are all principal variations sorted by lengths starting with the >longest mate (Or with those defending moves which doesn't lead to a mate. In >this case the soultion has been proven false.). > >This setting is equivalent to Chest option '-x'. This option has been >implemented for two reasons. Firstly it is not necessary to setup the 'expert' >mode for this type of problems. Secondly to enable Fritz users to solve this >kind of problems because they can't use the 'expert' mode. > >>And under EngineMode, there is a dropdown menu with "UCI", "CHEST", >>and "EXPERT". A little explanation of these in english would be helpful. > >This setting defines how the original program Chest and ChestUci are >interacting. > >UCI mode forces Chest to output all moves in "coordinate notation" (I don't know >the correct translation). This is according to the UCI standard. Only in this >setting all options of ChestUci are usable. Therefore some changes in Chest's >source code has been necessary and Chest has to be recompiled. But for this >reason the modified Chest is interacting with ChestUci in an optimized way >because Chest outputs all moves in an UCI compatible manner. The only >disadvantage of this mode the output file of Chest is more complex. But usually >this file isn't interesting for the user. Only in this mode the solution moves >are executed. And therefore it is possible to play through all variants. > >The Chest mode is similar to the previous but the moves are outputted in >algebraic notation. This is similar to ChestUci Ver. 1.0. The output file is >more readable but not all new options of version 2.0 are usable. The solutions >are displayed in the analyze window only (in engine output window in Fritz), but >the moves are not executed and therefore it is not possible to play against >ChestUci directly. This mode is usefull if someone desires a quick overview over >all solutions of a problem. > >The 'expert' mode is necessary for the following configuration field >'ExpertOptions'. In this mode ChestUci neither executes any moves nor outputs >something to the GUI. Only the output file of Chest (what means the found >solutions) is displayed. In this mode all options of the original Chest are >usable. Therefore more detailed information about the solution of a chess >problem are to obtain in this mode. The necessary Chest option have to be set in >the following input filed. This mode is a simple interface to the original >program Chest. > >HTH > >Kind regards > >Volker
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