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Subject: Re: About CHEST

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 10:43:22 09/19/02

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On September 18, 2002 at 17:01:30, F. Huber wrote:

>On September 18, 2002 at 13:56:21, Heiner Marxen wrote:
>
>>On September 18, 2002 at 13:17:26, F. Huber wrote:
>>
>>>On September 18, 2002 at 01:12:15, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have tested UCI version and found, that program is unbelievable fast. I have
>>>>tested some EGTB positions to verify solution with Nalimov's! And they were
>>>>same.
>>>>But one question: is it possible to see any info about search depth and/or node
>>>>speed? Or should I only wait may be hours before anything is displayed?
>>>>
>>>>Jouni
>>>
>>>Hi Jouni,
>>>
>>>that´s really one problem, I´m also not very happy about with my ChestUCI.
>>>But the original ´Chest´ does NOT output ANY informations while thinking,
>>>and so also my UCI-interface has absolutely no chance to inform the GUI about
>>>the progress of the searching :-(
>>>
>>>If you really have no idea of ´how many moves to mate´, maybe it could help
>>>to start with a moderate number of ´SearchDepth´ (e.g. 5, 6,...) and increase
>>>this number by one whenever no mate has been found. So you could at least
>>>get ´some´ idea, how long the next calculation step would need.
>>>
>>>Maybe in the next version Heiner Marxen will implement ´some´ output info
>>>while thinking - at least the actual search depth would IMO not slow down
>>>the reallly fantastic seach speed.
>>
>>I'm listening...  "I'll do my very best".
>>
>>Unfortunately, the next version of Chest is delayed, but there is some chance,
>>that I offer a slightly extended version 3.19b, better suitable for ChestUCI.
>>I would announce that here, of course.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Heiner
>
>Hello Heiner,
>
>the modifications of your Chest which we discussed some weeks ago (option -5,
>coordinate output, ...) I have already done in your source code - I believe
>to remember, that you have no DOS or Windows system available (only Unix),

yes

>so you probably couldn´t test my new version of your Chest (I called it 3.19+).

yes

>I.e., my new Chest version is already almost optimal for my UCI interface,
>but of course _you_ may have more (and better) ideas for adapting it to UCI.

only what you told me, already, and the above mentioned output.

>If so, I hope that it will not be necessary for me to completely rewrite
>my whole engine ;-)
>(It was rather a lot of work for me to program this interface at all)

I'll email you when I have something to offer.

>Best wishes,
>Franz.

Cheers,
Heiner



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