Author: Robert Pawlak
Date: 17:11:49 03/20/03
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On March 20, 2003 at 12:26:53, Steve Schooler wrote: >I'm looking for a computer chess interface to facilitate analysis. The example >below details the desired features. Does any existing software come close? > >Base Position : 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 > 6. d4 d6 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8. Bxf4 Qe7 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Qxh4 > >From the base position, the user might manually identify 4 plausible >continuations and assign each one a desired search depth. > >Continuation Search Depth > >(1) 11. Qe1 Qxe1 12. Rxe1 Be7 11 ply > >(2) 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 h6 13 ply > >(3) 11. Nd2 Bh6 12. Bxh6 Qxh6 1 hour (+ complete whatever > search depth is > in progress) > >(4) 11. Nf2 g3 3 hours (- do not complete > current search depth) > >I think the above example is typical of Correspondence analysis. Ideally, the >chess interface would permit the user to edit the game (+ variations) with >"SEARCH-REQUEST symbols". The interface would then provide a feature which >peformed overnight analysis at each position flagged with a SEARCH-REQUEST >symbol and save the results to a file. The closest thing to what you want is Chess Assistant 7. It has the most flexible analysis features. One mode of analysis allows you to manually mark positions for later analysis. However, the stipulation is that you must use the same time controls for the analysis of every position. So it is not quite what you want. Another mode (called interactive) is a combination of ply and time based analysis settings, that allows very deep analysis of certain positions. But still, it is not exactly what you want, since it uses one set of time and ply settings per set of analysis. Finally, there is background analysis. It allows you to submit "analysis jobs" for positions that you specify. For each position, you could set up a separate analysis project. Each project can be time or ply based, and can use a different engine. I think this would be 95% of what you want. The only thing is that I am not 100% sure that the current ply depth will be searched completely once the time limit is up. I think it will, but once again, I am not totally sure. Look into Chess Assistant 7, I think you'll like it. Bob (www.chessassistance.com)
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