Open letter to chess programmers

[Sven]

Which the average time to run the program CSVN Fingerprinting test tool v1.0 do a full run?

In my Core2Quad Q6600 2400 is already running 24 hours ago ...

Already on the second day with the same screen:

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CSVN Fingerprinting test tool v1.0
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What type of engine is used? (W/U) : u
What is the name of the engine executable? : CapivaraLK009a01a.exe
done.
Engine search: 1/10000 |

Looks like it is hanging. According to the C++ source code of the tool I would say that "something" in the context either of the first or the second test position is hanging so that the main thread can't proceed with the next position. The code in main() looks like this:

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	int i=1;
	while (fgets(buf,1024,epd)) {
		strtok(buf,"\n\r");
		engine->SetPosition(buf);
		engine->SetSearchTime(1);
		searching=true;
		engine->Search(0, 0, fHandler, 0, 0, 0);
		fprintf(stderr,"\rEngine search: %d/10000 ",i);
		while (searching) {
			fprintf(stderr,"\\\b"); Sleep(250);
			if (!searching) break;
			fprintf(stderr,"|\b"); Sleep(250);
			if (!searching) break;
			fprintf(stderr,"/\b"); Sleep(250);
			if (!searching) break;
			fprintf(stderr,"-\b"); Sleep(250);
		}
		i++;
	}
	fprintf(stderr,"\nDone.\n");

where Search() spawns a response thread that talks to the engine.

So I'd guess the first position worked (the inner "while" loop was left after printing "|" followed by a backspace) but working on the second position got stuck somehow so it could be a bug in the tool.

Do you see your engine process running in the task manager? If so, does it appear to be searching?

Sven

[pijl]

Which the average time to run the program CSVN Fingerprinting test tool v1.0 do a full run?

In my Core2Quad Q6600 2400 is already running 24 hours ago ...

Already on the second day with the same screen:

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CSVN Fingerprinting test tool v1.0
----------------------------------

What type of engine is used? (W/U) : u
What is the name of the engine executable? : CapivaraLK009a01a.exe
done.
Engine search: 1/10000 |

Have you implemented 'movetime' in your engine?

[laoliveirajr]

Which the average time to run the program CSVN Fingerprinting test tool v1.0 do a full run?

In my Core2Quad Q6600 2400 is already running 24 hours ago ...

Already on the second day with the same screen:

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CSVN Fingerprinting test tool v1.0
----------------------------------

What type of engine is used? (W/U) : u
What is the name of the engine executable? : CapivaraLK009a01a.exe
done.
Engine search: 1/10000 |

Have you implemented 'movetime' in your engine?

Yes, but I still put not it in UCI output...
Thanks, I ll try !

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[laoliveirajr]

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where Search() spawns a response thread that talks to the engine.

So I'd guess the first position worked (the inner "while" loop was left after printing "|" followed by a backspace) but working on the second position got stuck somehow so it could be a bug in the tool.

Do you see your engine process running in the task manager? If so, does it appear to be searching?

Sven

Where is a pipe ("|") in the evidence, during the execution spins like a propeller fan!

In task manager each version of Capivara appears using a 25% of the Core2Quad.

Now I will try with a 3rd re-build I will make today !!!

[lucasart]

What is this CSVN Fingerprinting test tool?
Does it work on Linux? Or is it Windows only? If it does, and it's not a hassle, I will run it on DiscoCheck.

[kinderchocolate]

I think it's a Python script so you won't have problems on Linux.

[lucasart]

OK I got an executable for Linux to run as follows:

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./run-simtest-uci engine 4 1 < simcsvn1.epd > simcsvn1.engine.epd

so where do I find this simcsvn1.epd ?

It would really help if the website was in *English*
This silly EPD is probably just in front of my eyes, but written in Dutch...

[bob]

OK I got an executable for Linux to run as follows:

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./run-simtest-uci engine 4 1 < simcsvn1.epd > simcsvn1.engine.epd

so where do I find this simcsvn1.epd ?

It would really help if the website was in *English*
This silly EPD is probably just in front of my eyes, but written in Dutch...

It is right below the download link for the simtest itself... I think it is called something like cvxmxxxxx.epd... the xxx characters I do not remember...

[lucasart]

OK I got an executable for Linux to run as follows:

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./run-simtest-uci engine 4 1 < simcsvn1.epd > simcsvn1.engine.epd

so where do I find this simcsvn1.epd ?

It would really help if the website was in *English*
This silly EPD is probably just in front of my eyes, but written in Dutch...

It is right below the download link for the simtest itself... I think it is called something like cvxmxxxxx.epd... the xxx characters I do not remember...

Well I still don't find it. I can't find EPD anywhere on this website in fact. It would really help if they could write that page in english and put the EPD in the download package...

[kinderchocolate]

OK I got an executable for Linux to run as follows:

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./run-simtest-uci engine 4 1 < simcsvn1.epd > simcsvn1.engine.epd

so where do I find this simcsvn1.epd ?

It would really help if the website was in *English*
This silly EPD is probably just in front of my eyes, but written in Dutch...

It is right below the download link for the simtest itself... I think it is called something like cvxmxxxxx.epd... the xxx characters I do not remember...

Well I still don't find it. I can't find EPD anywhere on this website in fact. It would really help if they could write that page in english and put the EPD in the download package...

Lucas, it's in the download link at the bottom. (CSVN Gelijkenistest / Similarity Test 2013).