krazyken wrote:
It'll work if you check the No GUI book option which will not work for what Graham is doing.
The GUI should generally not provide work-arounds to help engines that don't support some important commands.
Instead, the engine should implement the lacking commands.
I'll agree with you there, except what you are doing is something special with the mixing of xboard and UCI. xboard protocol really has no idea what a GUI book is. I would guess there are a lot more engines than just this one that don't work with GUI book?
I tried Amundsen on the command line, and it does indeed require a complete FEN to set the position. Thanks for looking into this!
Surprisingly few WB engines lack "force" mode : about 2% !
They are the ones that cannot presently use GUI books.
A GUI book is a mode of operation of the GUI, which is not really related to the egine-GUI communication protocol. The only requirement to implement one is that the protocol supports forcing moves for both sides into the engine. WinBoard protocol has had this option from the beginning. If the option is used for implementing a GUI book or simply resuming adjourned games is beyond the protocol. There is nothing "UCI-like" to a GUI book.
AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
Updated versions will only be introduced before the completion of the first cycle.
The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 5 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 5 with the winner possibly playing in Division 5 in the following series. The bottom engine will be automatically relegated into Division 7 for the following series. The second bottom engine will play a ten game match against the second top engine from Division 7 with the winner possibly playing in Division 6 for the following series.
AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
Updated versions will only be introduced before the completion of the first cycle.
The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 5 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 5 with the winner possibly playing in Division 5 in the following series. The bottom engine will be automatically relegated into Division 7 for the following series. The second bottom engine will play a ten game match against the second top engine from Division 7 with the winner possibly playing in Division 6 for the following series.
AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
Updated versions will only be introduced before the completion of the first cycle.
The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 5 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 5 with the winner possibly playing in Division 5 in the following series. The bottom engine will be automatically relegated into Division 7 for the following series. The second bottom engine will play a ten game match against the second top engine from Division 7 with the winner possibly playing in Division 6 for the following series.
AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
Updated versions will only be introduced before the completion of the first cycle.
The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 5 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 5 with the winner possibly playing in Division 5 in the following series. The bottom engine will be automatically relegated into Division 7 for the following series. The second bottom engine will play a ten game match against the second top engine from Division 7 with the winner possibly playing in Division 6 for the following series.
AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
Updated versions will only be introduced before the completion of the first cycle.
The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 5 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 5 with the winner possibly playing in Division 5 in the following series. The bottom engine will be automatically relegated into Division 7 for the following series. The second bottom engine will play a ten game match against the second top engine from Division 7 with the winner possibly playing in Division 6 for the following series.
AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 5 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 5 with the winner possibly playing in Division 5 in the following series. The bottom engine will be automatically relegated into Division 7 for the following series. The second bottom engine will play a ten game match against the second top engine from Division 7 with the winner possibly playing in Division 6 for the following series.
