Cute Chess 0.9.4 released

[Ferdy]

There was still a really nasty bug causing crashes in tournaments so I've made a bugfix release for 64-bit Windows and Linux: https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/ ... /gui-0.9.4

There's also a bonus feature - support for the "UCI_Variant" UCI option.

EPD file as opening test suite works now in the latest code!!

Suggestion:
Add GUI tag in the pgn with value Cute Chess [version] to easier track the GUI that created the pgn.

[Event "My Tournament"]
[Site "i7-2600K"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Imortal 2.9005 32bit"]
[Black "TJchess 1.3 64bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "3q2k1/1p3Npp/2n2n2/2b1p3/8/2pPPQ1P/1PP1pPP1/r1B2RK1[RBPPPrbn] w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[Variant "crazyhouse"]
[GUI "Cute Chess 0.9.4 2016-10-02T01:35Z"]

1. Qxe2 {+0.94/8 2.2s} Kxf7 {+2.56/7 1.3s} 2. bxc3 {+1.19/7 2.5s}
N@d5 {+2.46/7 4.1s} 3. P@e6+ {+1.20/6 2.7s} Kxe6 {+2.14/7 1.0s}
4. R@c4 {+0.76/7 2.6s} P@h2+ {+2.92/7 2.5s} 5. Kxh2 {+1.24/8 2.6s}
N@a4 {+2.48/7 2.2s} 6. B@b3 {+2.81/7 2.5s} B@h5 {+1.08/7 1.4s}
7. g4 {+5.12/8 2.2s} Ke7 {+1.01/7 1.4s} 8. Rxa4 {+3.86/8 2.5s}
Nxc3 {+1.78/8 2.9s} 9. N@f5+ {+5.08/8 2.4s} Kf8 {+1.57/9 1.4s}
10. Rxa1 {+3.79/9 2.2s} Nxe2 {+1.65/9 2.9s} 11. R@h8+ {+4.30/8 2.3s}
R@g8 {+1.35/9 2.2s} 12. P@c7 {+6.94/8 2.3s} Qxc7 {+0.27/9 7.0s}
13. Ra8+ {+8.60/7 2.2s} Q@e8 {-0.60/9 3.0s} 14. Rxe8+ {+9.27/9 2.2s}
Bxe8 {-2.51/9 3.0s} 15. Bxg8 {+9.32/8 2.2s} e4+ {-2.88/8 1.6s}
16. P@g3 {+10.51/8 2.1s} P@g2 {-2.57/8 1.7s} 17. Bxh7+ {+11.28/6 2.1s}
R@g8 {-0.54/8 1.4s} 18. Rxg8+ {+9.18/8 2.1s} Nxg8 {+0.22/9 2.3s}
19. Kxg2 {+6.09/7 2.0s} P@f3+ {+0.44/8 1.7s} 20. Kh1 {+1.87/7 2.0s}
Nxg3+ {+1.23/8 0.82s} 21. Nxg3 {-0.52/8 2.0s} P@g2+ {+19.54/9 0.63s}
22. Kg1 {-6.54/8 1.9s} gxf1=Q+ {+M17/9 0.91s} 23. Kxf1 {-6.54/8 1.9s}
R@d1+ {+M15/9 2.5s} 24. N@e1 {-6.54/7 1.9s} Rxe1+ {+M13/8 6.0s}
25. Kxe1 {+7.84/2 0.001s} Qa5+ {+M11/8 0.52s} 26. P@b4 {-M5/8 1.9s}
N@g2+ {+M9/7 0.46s} 27. Kd1 {-M4/14 1.8s} R@e1+ {+M7/7 0.25s}
28. Kd2 {-M3/4 0.001s} Bxe3+ {+M5/7 0.002s} 29. fxe3 {-M2/39 1.8s}
P@c3+ {+M3/6 0.006s} 30. Kxc3 {-M1/4 0s} Qxb4# {+M1/5 0.001s, Black mates} 0-1

[Ferdy]

There was still a really nasty bug causing crashes in tournaments so I've made a bugfix release for 64-bit Windows and Linux: https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/ ... /gui-0.9.4

There's also a bonus feature - support for the "UCI_Variant" UCI option.

Using my compiled Cute Chess 0.9.4 2016-10-02, I did a 2-engine tour using epd file (2000+ pos) as opening suite set at random, but 3 of the output games I found are without [FEN "? "] tag. This is after around 23 games were finished.

Example of one of the 3 games.

[Event "My Tournament"]
[Site "i7-2600K"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Imortal 2.9005 32bit"]
[Black "TJchess 1.3 64bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[Variant "crazyhouse"]

1. d4 {+0.40/12 2.8s} Nf6 {+0.04/11 2.1s} 2. Nf3 {+0.31/12 2.5s}
e6 {-0.03/11 1.0s} 3. Bg5 {+0.47/11 2.7s} Nc6 {+0.04/11 1.6s}
4. a3 {+0.51/11 2.6s} h6 {-0.07/11 3.5s} 5. Bxf6 {+0.31/12 2.4s}
Qxf6 {+0.03/11 2.8s} 6. e3 {+0.43/9 2.5s} Bd6 {-0.09/10 3.4s}
7. Bd3 {+0.54/10 2.3s} B@f5 {+0.06/9 1.0s} 8. N@h5 {+2.03/10 2.4s}
Qg6 {+0.26/11 2.8s} 9. Bxf5 {+1.53/11 2.1s} Qxh5 {+0.04/10 1.5s}
10. B@g4 {+1.62/10 2.4s} Qxf5 {-0.12/10 2.4s} 11. Bxf5 {+0.77/11 2.3s}
exf5 {-0.47/9 1.8s} 12. d5 {+1.06/9 2.3s} Ne7 {-0.08/8 1.4s}
13. O-O {+0.18/8 2.2s} B@e4 {+1.81/10 3.2s} 14. Nc3 {-1.83/9 2.2s}
Bxf3 {+2.81/10 6.0s} 15. gxf3 {-1.27/10 1.9s} N@h3+ {+2.58/9 1.4s}
16. Kh1 {-0.86/10 2.1s} Nxd5 {+2.21/9 1.3s} 17. Nxd5 {+0.31/6 2.1s}
P@g2+ {+M11/11 1.1s} 18. Kxg2 {+4.12/3 0.001s} N@h4+ {+M9/11 0.11s}
19. Kxh3 {-M4/26 1.7s} B@g2+ {+M7/10 0.007s} 20. Kxh4 {+0.31/3 0s}
g5+ {+M5/9 0s} 21. Kh5 {-M2/4 0s} Bxf3+ {+M3/9 0.003s} 22. Qxf3 {-M1/5 0s}
P@g6# {+M1/1 0s, Black mates} 0-1

One of the epd's in the file has the starting position,

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR[-] w KQkq -

[ilari]

Where does Cute Chess store engine information? I installed an engine as WB then noticed that it is UCI and I would like to change that manually.

The easiest way to change an engine's protocol is via the Tools -> Settings -> Engines dialog. But yes, it can also be done by editing the engines.json file.

[ilari]

Using my compiled Cute Chess 0.9.4 2016-10-02, I did a 2-engine tour using epd file (2000+ pos) as opening suite set at random, but 3 of the output games I found are without [FEN "? "] tag. This is after around 23 games were finished.

Example of one of the 3 games.

[Event "My Tournament"]
[Site "i7-2600K"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Imortal 2.9005 32bit"]
[Black "TJchess 1.3 64bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[Variant "crazyhouse"]

1. d4 {+0.40/12 2.8s} Nf6 {+0.04/11 2.1s} 2. Nf3 {+0.31/12 2.5s}
e6 {-0.03/11 1.0s} 3. Bg5 {+0.47/11 2.7s} Nc6 {+0.04/11 1.6s}
4. a3 {+0.51/11 2.6s} h6 {-0.07/11 3.5s} 5. Bxf6 {+0.31/12 2.4s}
Qxf6 {+0.03/11 2.8s} 6. e3 {+0.43/9 2.5s} Bd6 {-0.09/10 3.4s}
7. Bd3 {+0.54/10 2.3s} B@f5 {+0.06/9 1.0s} 8. N@h5 {+2.03/10 2.4s}
Qg6 {+0.26/11 2.8s} 9. Bxf5 {+1.53/11 2.1s} Qxh5 {+0.04/10 1.5s}
10. B@g4 {+1.62/10 2.4s} Qxf5 {-0.12/10 2.4s} 11. Bxf5 {+0.77/11 2.3s}
exf5 {-0.47/9 1.8s} 12. d5 {+1.06/9 2.3s} Ne7 {-0.08/8 1.4s}
13. O-O {+0.18/8 2.2s} B@e4 {+1.81/10 3.2s} 14. Nc3 {-1.83/9 2.2s}
Bxf3 {+2.81/10 6.0s} 15. gxf3 {-1.27/10 1.9s} N@h3+ {+2.58/9 1.4s}
16. Kh1 {-0.86/10 2.1s} Nxd5 {+2.21/9 1.3s} 17. Nxd5 {+0.31/6 2.1s}
P@g2+ {+M11/11 1.1s} 18. Kxg2 {+4.12/3 0.001s} N@h4+ {+M9/11 0.11s}
19. Kxh3 {-M4/26 1.7s} B@g2+ {+M7/10 0.007s} 20. Kxh4 {+0.31/3 0s}
g5+ {+M5/9 0s} 21. Kh5 {-M2/4 0s} Bxf3+ {+M3/9 0.003s} 22. Qxf3 {-M1/5 0s}
P@g6# {+M1/1 0s, Black mates} 0-1

One of the epd's in the file has the starting position,

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR[-] w KQkq -

Isn't that the default starting position for Crazyhouse? Cute Chess uses the "FEN" tag only if the starting position is not the default one.

EDIT: There's actually a bug - Cute Chess can't parse the "[-]" in Crazyhouse FEN: https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/issues/163
I'll fix that ASAP.

[Ferdy]

There was still a really nasty bug causing crashes in tournaments so I've made a bugfix release for 64-bit Windows and Linux: https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/ ... /gui-0.9.4

There's also a bonus feature - support for the "UCI_Variant" UCI option.

Suggestion:
Implement a method to stop the tournament gracefully by stopping the tour when the currently running games are finished when the user set the maximum number of concurrency games to zero.

[ilari]

Where does Cute Chess store engine information? I installed an engine as WB then noticed that it is UCI and I would like to change that manually.

The easiest way to change an engine's protocol is via the Tools -> Settings -> Engines dialog. But yes, it can also be done by editing the engines.json file.

I was not sure it was allowed during a tournament, and if I stop I cannot continue.

It can be done during a tournament, but it won't affect the active tournament in any way.

[Ferdy]

There was still a really nasty bug causing crashes in tournaments so I've made a bugfix release for 64-bit Windows and Linux: https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/ ... /gui-0.9.4

There's also a bonus feature - support for the "UCI_Variant" UCI option.

Suggestion:
Increase resign adjudication max score.

[Ferdy]

There was still a really nasty bug causing crashes in tournaments so I've made a bugfix release for 64-bit Windows and Linux: https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/ ... /gui-0.9.4

There's also a bonus feature - support for the "UCI_Variant" UCI option.

Regarding zh fen, the correct fen was not written in the tag section, [-] is missing. This is from a compiled code after 1827 commits.

[Event "Imortal 2.9006 - TJchess 1.3 Match Nr 1"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "36"]
[White "TJchess 1.3 64bit"]
[Black "Imortal 2.9006 32bit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/8/4PN2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Variant "crazyhouse"]

1... Bg4 {+0.22/13 6.0s} 2. Nc3 {+0.48/12 4.1s} Nf6 {+0.21/13 7.4s}
3. h3 {+0.32/11 2.7s} Bxf3 {-0.28/11 8.5s} 4. Qxf3 {+0.12/11 4.4s}
Nc6 {+0.03/11 8.2s} 5. Bb5 {+0.63/11 6.9s} N@b4 {-0.29/11 6.1s}
6. B@a4 {+2.14/11 4.5s} a6 {-2.48/11 7.7s} 7. Bxc6+ {+2.21/12 9.2s}
bxc6 {-2.70/13 6.6s} 8. a3 {+2.42/11 3.7s} Nxc2+ {-3.76/12 7.2s}
9. Bxc2 {+2.09/12 4.5s} P@e4 {-3.59/11 6.9s} 10. Qd1 {+2.89/11 9.5s}
Rb8 {-3.52/11 6.7s} 11. N@d4 {+3.50/11 4.0s} Qd6 {-4.41/11 6.4s}
12. N@f5 {+2.98/11 12s} Qd7 {-4.01/13 5.4s} 13. d3 {+3.17/11 7.3s}
exd3 {-3.72/11 6.0s} 14. Bxd3 {+3.45/10 4.3s} P@c4 {-3.67/10 5.8s}
15. P@a7 {+2.84/10 7.0s} Rd8 {-2.84/11 5.6s} 16. Bb1 {+2.45/10 6.9s}
c5 {-1.98/10 5.5s} 17. Nf3 {+2.60/10 3.2s} B@b7 {-3.09/9 5.3s}
18. Ne5 {+3.20/10 5.6s} Qe6 {-3.50/11 4.2s} 19. Qa4+ {+3.08/10 8.9s}
c6 {-3.32/11 5.0s} 20. Nf3 {+2.91/10 6.7s} g6 {-2.52/10 4.9s}
21. Ng3 {+2.87/10 3.8s} Nd7 {-4.01/10 4.8s} 22. Qa5 {+2.63/10 4.4s}
Qd6 {-3.86/11 4.7s} 23. O-O {+3.39/10 6.2s} Bg7 {-3.77/11 4.6s}
24. Rd1 {+3.36/10 3.3s} O-O {-3.48/11 3.7s} 25. Ba2 {+2.95/11 6.4s}
Bxc3 {-3.96/10 4.4s} 26. bxc3 {+3.19/11 3.0s} Ra8 {-5.14/10 4.4s}
27. B@b6 {+3.18/10 2.5s} N@d3 {-3.08/11 3.7s} 28. a4 {+3.86/11 4.7s}
Nxb6 {-3.53/11 3.5s} 29. Qxb6 {+2.65/10 5.2s} Nxf2 {-3.46/10 4.2s}
30. N@h6+ {+2.69/9 2.3s} Kh8 {-4.55/10 4.1s} 31. Kxf2 {+2.49/9 3.1s}
B@c7 {-4.16/9 3.6s} 32. Qxc7 {+3.38/10 5.8s} Qxc7 {-4.22/9 4.0s}
33. B@e5+ {+3.54/9 2.3s} Qxe5 {-4.62/9 4.0s} 34. Nxe5 {+4.39/10 13s}
Q@g7 {-5.13/7 3.9s} 35. Q@f4 {+4.09/9 6.7s} B@e6 {-4.94/9 3.8s}
36. N@g5 {+5.16/8 0.98s} f6 {-6.35/8 3.1s} 37. Nxg6+ {+6.24/8 1.5s}
Qxg6 {-4.72/10 3.7s} 38. Nxe6 {+7.12/9 3.0s} P@g5 {-9.40/8 3.7s}
39. Qc7 {+8.31/9 3.8s} Qxh6 {-11.81/8 3.6s} 40. Qxe7 {+9.70/8 1.7s}
Rg8 {-12.78/7 3.6s} 41. P@f7 {+10.44/8 1.5s} N@e5 {-16.09/7 3.5s}
42. Qxb7 {+11.37/8 1.6s} Nxf7 {-15.05/9 3.5s} 43. Qxf7 {+10.93/8 2.0s}
N@e5 {-13.84/7 3.4s} 44. P@g7+ {+12.31/9 3.8s} Qxg7 {-13.84/7 3.4s}
45. Qxg7+ {+11.88/9 5.4s} Rxg7 {-11.51/3 0.001s} 46. Nxg7 {+11.84/9 4.7s}
Q@g8 {-16.83/7 3.4s} 47. R@e7 {+11.40/8 3.0s} P@c2 {-17.26/9 2.7s}
48. Rf1 {+12.13/9 2.1s} P@h2 {-20.30/8 3.3s} 49. B@f5 {+14.24/8 1.3s}
Rxa7 {-22.74/7 3.3s} 50. Rxa7 {+16.85/9 4.2s} P@h4 {-24.62/6 3.3s}
51. R@a8 {+19.11/10 3.8s} hxg3+ {-34.14/8 3.2s} 52. Kxg3 {+19.65/10 9.3s}
N@f8 {-35.64/8 3.2s} 53. Ne6 {+M15/10 2.7s}
Nf7 {-45.90/8 3.1s, White wins by adjudication} 1-0

[Ferdy]

There was still a really nasty bug causing crashes in tournaments so I've made a bugfix release for 64-bit Windows and Linux: https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/ ... /gui-0.9.4

There's also a bonus feature - support for the "UCI_Variant" UCI option.

Cute Chess 0.9.4 after 1827 commits.

Suggestion:

[ilari]

Regarding zh fen, the correct fen was not written in the tag section, [-] is missing. This is from a compiled code after 1827 commits.

[Event "Imortal 2.9006 - TJchess 1.3 Match Nr 1"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "36"]
[White "TJchess 1.3 64bit"]
[Black "Imortal 2.9006 32bit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/8/4PN2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Variant "crazyhouse"]

1... Bg4 {+0.22/13 6.0s} 2. Nc3 {+0.48/12 4.1s} Nf6 {+0.21/13 7.4s}
3. h3 {+0.32/11 2.7s} Bxf3 {-0.28/11 8.5s} 4. Qxf3 {+0.12/11 4.4s}
Nc6 {+0.03/11 8.2s} 5. Bb5 {+0.63/11 6.9s} N@b4 {-0.29/11 6.1s}
6. B@a4 {+2.14/11 4.5s} a6 {-2.48/11 7.7s} 7. Bxc6+ {+2.21/12 9.2s}
bxc6 {-2.70/13 6.6s} 8. a3 {+2.42/11 3.7s} Nxc2+ {-3.76/12 7.2s}
9. Bxc2 {+2.09/12 4.5s} P@e4 {-3.59/11 6.9s} 10. Qd1 {+2.89/11 9.5s}
Rb8 {-3.52/11 6.7s} 11. N@d4 {+3.50/11 4.0s} Qd6 {-4.41/11 6.4s}
12. N@f5 {+2.98/11 12s} Qd7 {-4.01/13 5.4s} 13. d3 {+3.17/11 7.3s}
exd3 {-3.72/11 6.0s} 14. Bxd3 {+3.45/10 4.3s} P@c4 {-3.67/10 5.8s}
15. P@a7 {+2.84/10 7.0s} Rd8 {-2.84/11 5.6s} 16. Bb1 {+2.45/10 6.9s}
c5 {-1.98/10 5.5s} 17. Nf3 {+2.60/10 3.2s} B@b7 {-3.09/9 5.3s}
18. Ne5 {+3.20/10 5.6s} Qe6 {-3.50/11 4.2s} 19. Qa4+ {+3.08/10 8.9s}
c6 {-3.32/11 5.0s} 20. Nf3 {+2.91/10 6.7s} g6 {-2.52/10 4.9s}
21. Ng3 {+2.87/10 3.8s} Nd7 {-4.01/10 4.8s} 22. Qa5 {+2.63/10 4.4s}
Qd6 {-3.86/11 4.7s} 23. O-O {+3.39/10 6.2s} Bg7 {-3.77/11 4.6s}
24. Rd1 {+3.36/10 3.3s} O-O {-3.48/11 3.7s} 25. Ba2 {+2.95/11 6.4s}
Bxc3 {-3.96/10 4.4s} 26. bxc3 {+3.19/11 3.0s} Ra8 {-5.14/10 4.4s}
27. B@b6 {+3.18/10 2.5s} N@d3 {-3.08/11 3.7s} 28. a4 {+3.86/11 4.7s}
Nxb6 {-3.53/11 3.5s} 29. Qxb6 {+2.65/10 5.2s} Nxf2 {-3.46/10 4.2s}
30. N@h6+ {+2.69/9 2.3s} Kh8 {-4.55/10 4.1s} 31. Kxf2 {+2.49/9 3.1s}
B@c7 {-4.16/9 3.6s} 32. Qxc7 {+3.38/10 5.8s} Qxc7 {-4.22/9 4.0s}
33. B@e5+ {+3.54/9 2.3s} Qxe5 {-4.62/9 4.0s} 34. Nxe5 {+4.39/10 13s}
Q@g7 {-5.13/7 3.9s} 35. Q@f4 {+4.09/9 6.7s} B@e6 {-4.94/9 3.8s}
36. N@g5 {+5.16/8 0.98s} f6 {-6.35/8 3.1s} 37. Nxg6+ {+6.24/8 1.5s}
Qxg6 {-4.72/10 3.7s} 38. Nxe6 {+7.12/9 3.0s} P@g5 {-9.40/8 3.7s}
39. Qc7 {+8.31/9 3.8s} Qxh6 {-11.81/8 3.6s} 40. Qxe7 {+9.70/8 1.7s}
Rg8 {-12.78/7 3.6s} 41. P@f7 {+10.44/8 1.5s} N@e5 {-16.09/7 3.5s}
42. Qxb7 {+11.37/8 1.6s} Nxf7 {-15.05/9 3.5s} 43. Qxf7 {+10.93/8 2.0s}
N@e5 {-13.84/7 3.4s} 44. P@g7+ {+12.31/9 3.8s} Qxg7 {-13.84/7 3.4s}
45. Qxg7+ {+11.88/9 5.4s} Rxg7 {-11.51/3 0.001s} 46. Nxg7 {+11.84/9 4.7s}
Q@g8 {-16.83/7 3.4s} 47. R@e7 {+11.40/8 3.0s} P@c2 {-17.26/9 2.7s}
48. Rf1 {+12.13/9 2.1s} P@h2 {-20.30/8 3.3s} 49. B@f5 {+14.24/8 1.3s}
Rxa7 {-22.74/7 3.3s} 50. Rxa7 {+16.85/9 4.2s} P@h4 {-24.62/6 3.3s}
51. R@a8 {+19.11/10 3.8s} hxg3+ {-34.14/8 3.2s} 52. Kxg3 {+19.65/10 9.3s}
N@f8 {-35.64/8 3.2s} 53. Ne6 {+M15/10 2.7s}
Nf7 {-45.90/8 3.1s, White wins by adjudication} 1-0

I just fixed that. Hopefully all Crazyhouse GUIs can handle the "[-]" in FEN input.