Author: Matthias Gemuh
Date: 06:31:22 03/03/04
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On March 03, 2004 at 07:02:50, Fabien Letouzey wrote: > >Hello, > >I am having a look at UCI, both from engine and GUI point of view. > >A few questions: > >- pseudo-standard options > >Any commonly-used options other than the standard hash/TB/ponder ones? I am >interested in options used by both engines and interfaces. >For instance an interface might "provide" a WB-specific option like "random" >(Jose does this). Also some engines might use identical options, making them >easier to use. No > >- "position" command > >Do all interfaces always send all moves (not just the ones after the last >conversion)? Many engines require this? For book learning? > Yes. Alternatively a FEN without moves (Shredder Classic GUI) >- "info seldepth" > > Few engines do that I think. All UCI engines do it >Wild guess about what depth xx/yy means in practice: do most UCI engines report >the maximum ply depth reached during a search (length of the longest line)? xx depth without extensions yy includes extensions in main search, not quiescence > Any >use for that apart from showing off? :) > very informative >- "info score mate <moves>" > >What is "moves"? Is it in plies so that even/odd indicates mated/mate? Or some >signed full-move number? +moves or -moves , not plies >What does Chest do, must be the reference? :) > >- "info string" > >How does this appear in typical interfaces? Harmless text window or annoying >pop-up? GUI handles info without pop-ups. Info is split up and pasted somewhere(s). >Some examples of additional infos sent by a few engines, probably using "info >string"? "info depth %d score mate %d time %ld nodes %ld nps %ld tbhits %ld pv %s\n" > >Thanks, > >Fabien.
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