Banksia GUI released

[AdminX]

Suggestion: Ability to increase font size in Tournament Result window would be great for Steamers and users with poor vision.



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[phhnguyen]

There's an issue with winboard like Francesca, doesn't install in the GUI.

BSG supports Winboard Protocol 2 engines only. It requires engines to be "talkative" enough and reply to ping commands.

[phhnguyen]

For reference, why I think polyglot moves should be played by weight:

Cfish implementation: https://github.com/syzygy1/Cfish/blob/m ... polybook.c

If I understand the C code correctly, the first move with the highest weight is played as the best move.

lichess-bot implementation: https://github.com/ShailChoksi/lichess- ... ot.py#L372

If "best_move" is set, reader.find() is used from python-chess. And reader.find() is defined like this:
https://python-chess.readthedocs.io/en/ ... eader.find

"Finds the main entry for the given position or Zobrist hash.

The main entry is the (first) entry with the highest weight.

By default, entries with weight 0 are excluded. This is a common way to delete entries from an opening book without compacting it."

Did you see any problem/bug when BSG plays Polyglot book moves?

BSG has understood deeply about that kind of books. Some book parameters such as top percentage is designed for Polyglot (as well as similar ones, such as online books), worked based on weights of moves.

Furthermore, BSG can generate Polyglot books from game databases.

[phhnguyen]

How do I get the opening classification in the notation? I have only "end of opening" here.

BSG auto matches all opening positions with ones from ECO list and it keeps the longest one to show. The ECO list is quite limited on depth thus it typically can’t cover longer openings (out of range). Since it is an auto process, users don’t have to do anything nor change it.

[Nigel Robson]

The ERET test position suite contains 5 alternative move tests which Banksia skips, perhaps because they are not understood. For example
8/6pp/5k2/1p1r4/4R3/7P/5PP1/5K2 w - - am Ke2; id "ERET 098 - Endgame";
where the correct solution is any move other than Ke2. Would it be possible to add the am capability?
Thanks, Nigel

[phhnguyen]

The ERET test position suite contains 5 alternative move tests which Banksia skips, perhaps because they are not understood. For example
8/6pp/5k2/1p1r4/4R3/7P/5PP1/5K2 w - - am Ke2; id "ERET 098 - Endgame";
where the correct solution is any move other than Ke2. Would it be possible to add the am capability?
Thanks, Nigel

I have added it to my to-do list. Thanks.

BTW, how should we count the result if an engine hits an "am" move then change to other moves at the end? A good or a bad result?

[Wilhelm]

How do I get the opening classification in the notation? I have only "end of opening" here.

BSG auto matches all opening positions with ones from ECO list and it keeps the longest one to show. The ECO list is quite limited on depth thus it typically can’t cover longer openings (out of range). Since it is an auto process, users don’t have to do anything nor change it.

I can't find any ECO list and it never shows any classification. I tried many different book and pgn files.
Do I need a ECO list?

[phhnguyen]

How do I get the opening classification in the notation? I have only "end of opening" here.

BSG auto matches all opening positions with ones from ECO list and it keeps the longest one to show. The ECO list is quite limited on depth thus it typically can’t cover longer openings (out of range). Since it is an auto process, users don’t have to do anything nor change it.

I can't find any ECO list and it never shows any classification. I tried many different book and pgn files.
Do I need a ECO list?

A bit ambiguous since I am not sure what you need:

- If you mean about BSG: no, it is auto and you can't interfere with the process of finding ECO codes for openings, you don't need to do any thing
- If you want to learn, collect, just Google it, there are many websites, listed a few:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopa ... s_Openings
https://www.chessgames.com/chessecohelp.html

Download:
https://github.com/jdart1/arasan-chess/ ... r/book/eco

[Wilhelm]

How do I get the opening classification in the notation? I have only "end of opening" here.

BSG auto matches all opening positions with ones from ECO list and it keeps the longest one to show. The ECO list is quite limited on depth thus it typically can’t cover longer openings (out of range). Since it is an auto process, users don’t have to do anything nor change it.

I can't find any ECO list and it never shows any classification. I tried many different book and pgn files.
Do I need a ECO list?

A bit ambiguous since I am not sure what you need:

- If you mean about BSG: no, it is auto and you can't interfere with the process of finding ECO codes for openings, you don't need to do any thing
- If you want to learn, collect, just Google it, there are many websites, listed a few:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopa ... s_Openings
https://www.chessgames.com/chessecohelp.html

Download:
https://github.com/jdart1/arasan-chess/ ... r/book/eco

I mean I always see {end of opening} in the notation and nothing else. Does it only work in human games?
In all screenshots I can see the eco codes also when two engines are playing.

[Nigel Robson]

The ERET test position suite contains 5 alternative move tests which Banksia skips, perhaps because they are not understood. For example
8/6pp/5k2/1p1r4/4R3/7P/5PP1/5K2 w - - am Ke2; id "ERET 098 - Endgame";
where the correct solution is any move other than Ke2. Would it be possible to add the am capability?
Thanks, Nigel

I have added it to my to-do list. Thanks.

BTW, how should we count the result if an engine hits an "am" move then change to other moves at the end? A good or a bad result?

A good result.