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Subject: Re: Rebel12 UCI problems? Try this ...

Author: Brian Kostick

Date: 14:14:52 09/30/03

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On September 30, 2003 at 13:29:46, George Sobala wrote:

>Try seeing if the rebel-uci interface works by testing it "by hand" rather than
>through ChessBase.
>
>How to do it:
>
>Open up the rebel12 folder
>
>Double-click on rebeluci.exe
>
>... You will see a command window appear with "200" written in it
>
>Now type the following commands in sequence:
>
>uci
>position startpos moves h2h3 f7f6 h1h2 e8f7
>isready
>go infinite
>stop
>
>"uci" initialises the uci interface, and you should see a few lines in reply,
>ending in "uciok". The "position" line sets an out-of-book position from the
>starting position. You should see no reply to this command. "isready" waits for
>Rebel12 to be ready - wait for "readyok" in reply. "go infinite" starts analysis
>which you should see whizz up the screen. "stop" stops the analysis and leads to
>a "bestmove" reply.
>
>Now when I try this on a P4-1800 on Windows-XP it works, I get the following:
>
>200uci
>id name Rebel 12
>id author Ed Schroeder
>option name AntiGM type spin default 0 min 0 max 3
>option name Playingstyle type spin default 2 min 0 max 4
>option name Strength type spin default 2 min 0 max 2
>option name Personality type combo default Rebel var Rebel var Rebel1 var Rebel2
> var Rebel3 var Rebel4
>option name Ponder type check default true
>option name Logfile type check default false
>uciok
>position startpos moves h2h3 f7f6 h1h2 e8f7
>isready
>readyok
>go infinite
>info depth 1 score 1
>info depth 1 score cp 22 time 0 nodes 4 nps 4000 pv g1f3
>info depth 1 score cp 33 time 0 nodes 6 nps 6000 pv b1c3
>info depth 1 score cp 43 time 0 nodes 8 nps 8000 pv d2d4
>info depth 1 score cp 45 time 0 nodes 10 nps 10000 pv e2e4
>info depth 2 currmovenumber 1 currmove e2e4
>info depth 2 score cp 33 time 0 nodes 147 nps 147000 pv e2e4 b8c6 d1h5 g7g6
>info depth 2 currmovenumber 2 currmove d2d4
>info depth 2 currmovenumber 3 currmove b1c3
>[snipped for brevity]
>info depth 10 currmovenumber 17 currmove h3h4
>info depth 10 currmovenumber 18 currmove g2g4
>info depth 10 currmovenumber 19 currmove c2c3
>info depth 11 currmovenumber 1 currmove e2e4
>stop
>bestmove e2e4 ponder e7e6
>
>Great! It works! But when I try on a Athlon-1700+ on Windows-2000-Pro, this
>happens:
>
>200uci
>id name Rebel 12
>id author Ed Schroeder
>option name AntiGM type spin default 0 min 0 max 3
>option name Playingstyle type spin default 2 min 0 max 4
>option name Strength type spin default 2 min 0 max 2
>option name Personality type combo default Rebel var Rebel var Rebel1 var Rebel2
> var Rebel3 var Rebel4
>option name Ponder type check default true
>option name Logfile type check default false
>uciok
>position startpos moves h2h3 f7f6 h1h2 e8f7
>isready
>readyok
>go infinite
>info depth 1 score 1
>
>... and then nothing. Rebel12 works fine under ChessPartner on both machines. Is
>this an Athlon problem, or a Windows-2000 problem perhaps?


Just to bookmark this, Mike Byrne had comments and problems over the last couple
days that may relate to this. I think he was on Win2K and I hope he will read
and try your sequence.

BK



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