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Subject: Arena sending my program a "?" in tournament mode

Author: Stuart Cracraft

Date: 20:01:55 12/24/05


Why is Arena doing it and what should be done in response?

Arena 1.1
2329**-------------NewGame!!!-------------
30860********======== Tournament 1 ========
32094********Terminating engine 1 Teedee
32438********Terminating engine 2 GNUChes5
34829********- - - - Pairing 1/1 : Teedee - GNUChes5 - - - -
34829********Starting engine 1 Teedee
35172*1*--------------------------Starting engine 1
Teedee--------------------------
35172*1*Configured Engine 1 Type:   WB2
35313*1*Engine 1 dir: C:\cygwin\home\Stuart Cracraft\src\td
35344*1*Engine 1 commandline: "C:\cygwin\home\Stuart Cracraft\src\td\teedee.exe"
xboard
35594<1:feature done=0
35594>1:accepted done
35594<1:Chess
35594<1:verbose=0
35594<1:ignored accepted
35641>1:xboard
35641>1:protover 2
36875<1:feature done=0
36875>1:accepted done
36875<1:feature done=1
36875>1:accepted done
36891<1:ignored accepted
36922<1:ignored accepted
37172>1:new
37172>1:random
37172>1:st 7
37188<1:ignored random
37219>1:post
37219>1:hard
37219>1:easy
37219>1:computer
37250<1:ignored hard
37266<1:ignored easy
39657********Starting engine 2 GNUChes5
40000*2*-------------------------Starting engine 2
GNUChes5-------------------------
40000*2*Configured Engine 2 Type:   WB2
40141*2*Engine 2 dir: C:\Program Files\WinBoard
40172*2*Engine 2 commandline: "C:\Program Files\WinBoard\GNUChes5.exe"
40422<2:GNU Chess 5.07
40422<2:Adjusting HashSize to 1024 slots
40422<2:Transposition table:  Entries=1K Size=48K
40422<2:Pawn hash table: Entries=0K Size=32K
40469>2:xboard
40469>2:protover 2
41704<2:White (1) : feature setboard=1 analyze=1 ping=1 draw=0 sigint=0
variants="normal" myname="GNU Chess 5.07" done=1
41704>2:accepted setboard
41704>2:accepted analyze
41704>2:accepted ping
41704>2:accepted draw
41704>2:accepted sigint
41704>2:accepted variants
41704>2:accepted myname
41704>2:accepted done
42000>2:new
42000>2:random
42000>2:st 7
42063>2:post
42063>2:hard
42063>2:easy
42063>2:ping 1
42094<2:Root = -10, Phase = 1
42094<2:Time = 6.30, Max = 25.20, Left = 0.00, Moves = 0
42110<2:Ply   Time     Eval      Nodes   Principal-Variation
42110<2:1. 62 0 20  e4
42125<2:2. 40 0 40  d4 d5 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3
42157<2:3. 40 0 60  d4 d5 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3
42172<2:4. 40 0 80  d4 d5 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3
42188<2:5. 40 0 565  d4 d5 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3
42219<2:6. -10 0 5512  d4 d5 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3 Nc6
42235<2:Root = -10, Phase = 1
42250<2:Time = 6.30, Max = 25.20, Left = 0.00, Moves = 0
42282<2:Ply   Time     Eval      Nodes   Principal-Variation
42297<2:1. 62 0 20  e4
42313<2:2. -7 0 56  e4 d5 d3 Nf6 Nc3
42344<2:3. 40 0 233  Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6
42360<2:4. -7 0 885  e4 d5 d3 Nf6 Nc3
42375<2:5. -7 0 1096  e4 d5 d3 Nf6 Nc3
42407<2:pong 1
42485>2:computer
45938>2:ping 2
45954<2:pong 2
46329>1:easy
46329>2:easy
46329<1:ignored easy
46329********»»»»Game 1 of 2: Teedee - GNUChes5««««
46344**-------------NewGame!!!-------------
46344>1:st 7
46344>1:new
46344>1:random
46344>1:st 7
46360<1:ignored random
46407>1:post
46407>1:hard
46407>1:easy
46407>1:computer
46407>2:st 7
46407>2:new
46407>2:random
46407>2:st 7
46422<1:ignored hard
46454<1:ignored easy
46469>2:post
46469>2:hard
46469>2:easy
46469>2:ping 3
46485<2:Root = -10, Phase = 1
46516<2:Time = 6.30, Max = 25.20, Left = 0.00, Moves = 0
46532<2:Ply   Time     Eval      Nodes   Principal-Variation
46547<2:1. 62 0 20  e4
46579<2:2. -10 0 133  e4 e5
46594<2:3. 41 0 631  d4 d5 Nf3
46610<2:4. -10 0 2203  d4 d5 Nf3 Nf6
46625<2:pong 3
46672>2:computer
47719*1*Start calc, move no: 0
47922>1:st 7
47922>1:new
47922>1:random
47922>1:st 7
47938<1:ignored random
47969>1:post
47969>1:hard
47969>1:easy
47969>1:computer
48000<1:ignored hard
48016<1:ignored easy
48032>1:white
48032>1:go
48063<1:xboard=1
48079<1:Alpha=-387 Beta=413 Maxdepth=9999999 MaxTime=700 xboard=1
48079<1:Ply Score Time  Nodes PV
48094<1:1.  9     0 21 e2e4
48125<1:2.  9     0 100 e2e4 e7e5
48141<1:3.  14     0 279 e2e4 e7e5 d2d3
48157<1:4.  12     1 1512 e2e4 d7d5 d2d3 d5e4
48188<1:5.  12     2 8162 e2e4 d7d5 e4d5 d8d5 d2d4 e7e5
48204<1:6.  13     9 32761 d2d4 b8c6 e2e4 d7d5 e4d5 c6d4
48313<1:7.  15    25 83313 d2d4 f7f5 e2e3 e7e6 b1c3 b8c6 mtmt
48563<1:8.  15    51 165029 d2d4 f7f5 e2e3 g8f6 b1c3 b8c6 mtmt
49641<1:9.  15   159 486916 d2d4 f7f5 e2e3 c7c5 f1e2 c5d4 e3d4 d7d5 b1c3 g8f6
55079<1:10.  15 701 1926144 e2e4 d7d5 e4d5 d8d5 d2d4 c7c6 b1c3 d5d8 c1f4
55094<1:nps=274810 ha=20.00% q=56.0% bc=55% br=2.53% mp=0<>1080729600
55110<1:pawnx=384 recapx=15247 qcheckx=0 checkx=24656 qfutilx=404630
onereplyx=1317 mthrx=0 futilx=0 bmx=814
55141<1:e2e4 d7d5 e4d5 d8d5 d2d4 c7c6 b1c3 d5d8 c1f4 move e2e4
55157<1:1. e2e4
55157<1:My move is: e2e4
73204>1:?
73204>2:?
73204<1:?/ - this blurb
73204<1:pb/bd/b - print board
73204<1:time 100 - sets time for program to one second
73204<1:depth 8 - sets fixed depth of search of 8 ply
73204<1:ng - start new game
73204<1:exit/quit/x/q - exit program
73204<1:Type a move as e2e4, e1g1 (castling), e4d5 (capture), etc.
73313********Game end: * {}
73313********Last game finished without result in 0 moves
73313********Teedee - GNUChes5: 0-0-0
73313********   1 * *     0.0:0.0        0.0:0.0       7:58:02 PM     0.00     0
0:0 0-0-0
73344********Saving file C:\Program Files\Arena\Arena.pgn
73344>1:?
73344>2:?
73375<1:?/ - this blurb
73391<1:pb/bd/b - print board
73407<1:time 100 - sets time for program to one second
73438<1:depth 8 - sets fixed depth of search of 8 ply
73454<1:ng - start new game
73454<1:exit/quit/x/q - exit program
73454<1:Type a move as e2e4, e1g1 (castling), e4d5 (capture), etc.
74375>1:result *
74375>2:result *
76625********Tournament aborted



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