Spark 03.a

[George Bodkin]

On Spark 0.3a settings what is Send PV.

[zullil]

On Spark 0.3a settings what is Send PV.

It appears to control the "verbosity" of the engine. When SendPv is set to false, the engine doesn't send the details of its "thinking" or the full principal variation.

[George Bodkin]

Should Send Pv be Checked or UnChecked.

[zullil]

Should Send Pv be Checked or UnChecked?

It is set to true (ie, checked) by default. Seems sensible to leave it that way.

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% uci

id name spark-0.3a
id author AJ Siemelink
option name Hash    type spin  default 32 min 1 max 4096
option name Ponder  type check default false
option name SendPv  type check default true
option name Threads         type spin default 1 min 1 max 16
option name UCI_Opponent    type string
option name UCI_EngineAbout type string default spark by AJ Siemelink
uciok

[Allard Siemelink]

On Spark 0.3a settings what is Send PV.

It appears to control the "verbosity" of the engine. When SendPv is set to false, the engine doesn't send the details of its "thinking" or the full principal variation.

That's correct.
I use the option to speed up testing in ultrafast (1 game/second) time controls. For normal game play it does not harm to leave it on.