Author: Eric Liddiard
Date: 11:33:58 10/05/02
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Thankyou so much for the reply - I am not sure if this is exactly what I am after - but I think that any form of insight into referencing a chess program and its variables/search depth will be of great benefit. I am interested in anything you could offer me. Thanks again. Eric. P.S. it does not matter what chess engine i use - i just thought a simpler one would make it easier to identify the variables that I would need to adjust. I need to work on an open source/shareware engine however - to give me access to the source code. On October 05, 2002 at 14:24:46, Roy Eassa wrote: >On October 05, 2002 at 14:09:59, Eric Liddiard wrote: > >>Thankyou for your constructive comments - it is very much appreciated. >> >>What I am thinking of doing is not actually changing an existing GUI as such - >>ie not taking menu options out or adding others in to programs already out there >>- rather I want to create (at first) a simple user interface that allows the >>human player to select, for example, the maximum search time the computer will >>be allowed. This could be as "simple" as putting the number "9" into a dialog >>box and hitting enter. At this stage - I dont really want to alter the likes of >>"Chessmaster" or large programs like that. I would be satisfied with using >>something like Winboard to handle the moves and i could build a separate GUI for >>controlling the game variables. >> >>Basically - I need to find out a good, well commented chess program to help me >>establish what variables to alter - and where in the program they are ie learn >>as much about the chess engine as necessary but not learn the entire program. >>Also - what tool to use to create the GUI - I am (just) beginning to learn VC++. >> >>Any further help you oculd ofer would be very much appreciated. >> > > >A few months ago, I started doing something like this for the command-line >chess-puzzle solving program "CHEST". I wrote a separate utility that let the >user paste the position to solve and an edit box to input the maximum search >depth, then (it) created a command file with which to invoke CHEST. I got it >working to the level I needed it and then basically forgot all about it. If you >want, I can send you what I did, or you could re-create something like that but >take it a lot further than I did. > >Is it acceptable for your assignment if the program you were creating a GUI >front-end for was a powerful chess-problem-solving app like CHEST rather than a >regular chess-playing program? > >Anyway, all but the source code are here: > >http://ardee.home.attbi.com/Chesty.html
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