Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 13:18:14 04/01/04
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On April 01, 2004 at 16:01:07, Ingo Bauer wrote: >Hello > >I want to express that at the new Shredderchess-Site the new UCI+ (or however >you want to call it) is available. Two of the main concerns are "fixed" now. > >Some quotes: > >1. * ucinewgame > this is sent to the engine when the next search (started with "position" > and "go") will be from > a different game. This can be a new game the engine should play or a new game >it should analyse but > also the next position from a testsuite with positions only. > If the GUI hasn't sent a "ucinewgame" before the first "position" command, the >engine shouldn't > expect any further ucinewgame commands as the GUI is probably not supporting >the ucinewgame command. > So the engine should not rely on this command even though all new GUIs should >support it. > As the engine's reaction to "ucinewgame" can take some time the GUI should >always send "isready" > after "ucinewgame" to wait for the engine to finish its operation. > >2. * ponder > start searching in pondering mode. > Do not exit the search in ponder mode, even if it's mate! > This means that the last move sent in in the position string is the ponder >move. > The engine can do what it wants to do, but after a "ponderhit" command > it should execute the suggested move to ponder on. This means that the ponder >move sent by > the GUI can be interpreted as a recommendation about which move to ponder. >However, if the > engine decides to ponder on a different move, it should not display any >mainlines as they are > likely to be misinterpreted by the GUI because the GUI expects the engine to >ponder > on the suggested move. > >See the whole UCI command set at : www.shredderchess.de then Download. There you >finde a chapter "UCI Engine Protokoll" where you find a link to download the >whole description. (The english page will be available a bit later) > >Ingo > >PS: Btw: The GUI is great! Sad there is no new book yet. I am just downloading the GUI as we speak, and I was hoping for one of Necci's books to be included. Peter
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