Cute Chess 1.3.0 beta released

[flok]

I once implemented something cute-chess-cli alike for playing matches and it used an sqlite3 backend. That way even with power loss or anything I would still be able to continue. Worked pretty will but only UCI and has not all the functionality that cutechess has.

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Unfortunately, it's a very poor version. They don't pay attention to what people ask for. Much better version of the program Cutochess 1.2 by Guenther Simon.

[Jouni]

Version 1.2.0 has serious bug. If You play with fixed time for move ALL games are soon lost by time!

[Dariusz]

Cute Chess 1.3.0-beta4 for Mac

Includes cutechess and cutechess-cli compilations.
https://www.chessengeria.com/post/cute-chess-for-mac

[op12no2]

re: interruptions.

I agree it would be nice, but there are work-arounds, like using ordo on the .pgn file - as I recall cc appends to it on a restart. But even if it didn't it's not too hard to arrange things so that you auto-concatenate N .pgn files with a script.

[RubiChess]

Version 1.2.0 has serious bug. If You play with fixed time for move ALL games are soon lost by time!

Wrong.

[Jouni]

Right!

[Event "My Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "stockfish15.1"]
[Black "SFdev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[GameDuration "00:00:04"]
[GameEndTime "2023-02-04T17:31:17.574"]
[GameStartTime "2023-02-04T17:31:13.522"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[TimeControl "1/move"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]

1. Nf3 {book} d5 {book} 2. g3 {book} c6 {book} 3. Bg2 {book} Nf6 {book}
4. d3 {book} Bg4 {book} 5. h3 {book} Bh5 {book} 6. b3 {book} e6 {book}
7. Bb2 {book} Qa5+ {book} 8. Qd2 {book} Qxd2+ {book} 9. Nfxd2 {+0.40/20 1.0s}
Nfd7 {-0.22/21 1.0s} 10. g4 {+0.26/21 1.00s, Black loses on time} 1-0

[Event "My Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "SFdev"]
[Black "stockfish15.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[GameDuration "00:00:01"]
[GameEndTime "2023-02-04T17:31:14.580"]
[GameStartTime "2023-02-04T17:31:13.491"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[TimeControl "1/move"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]

1. Nf3 {book} d5 {book} 2. g3 {book} c6 {book} 3. Bg2 {book} Nf6 {book}
4. d3 {book} Bg4 {book} 5. h3 {book} Bh5 {book} 6. b3 {book} e6 {book}
7. Bb2 {book} Qa5+ {book} 8. Qd2 {book} Qxd2+ {book, White loses on time} 0-1

[Event "My Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "stockfish15.1"]
[Black "SFdev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[GameDuration "00:00:04"]
[GameEndTime "2023-02-04T17:31:17.637"]
[GameStartTime "2023-02-04T17:31:13.592"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[TimeControl "1/move"]
[Variation "Nimzovich Variation (exaggerated Fianchetto)"]

1. d4 {book} Nf6 {book} 2. c4 {book} e6 {book} 3. Nf3 {book} b6 {book}
4. g3 {book} Ba6 {book} 5. Qa4 {book} Bb7 {book} 6. Bg2 {book} c5 {book}
7. dxc5 {book} Bxc5 {book} 8. O-O {book} Be7 {book} 9. Bf4 {+0.35/21 1.0s}
Na6 {-0.48/21 1.0s} 10. Nc3 {+0.32/22 1.0s, Black loses on time} 1-0

[Event "My Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "SFdev"]
[Black "stockfish15.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[GameDuration "00:00:03"]
[GameEndTime "2023-02-04T17:31:16.644"]
[GameStartTime "2023-02-04T17:31:13.590"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[TimeControl "1/move"]
[Variation "Nimzovich Variation (exaggerated Fianchetto)"]

1. d4 {book} Nf6 {book} 2. c4 {book} e6 {book} 3. Nf3 {book} b6 {book}
4. g3 {book} Ba6 {book} 5. Qa4 {book} Bb7 {book} 6. Bg2 {book} c5 {book}
7. dxc5 {book} Bxc5 {book} 8. O-O {book} Be7 {book} 9. Nc3 {+0.42/21 1.0s}
Na6 {-0.45/21 1.0s, White loses on time} 0-1

[RubiChess]

Wrong!

You have even two options to avoid time loss in cutechess using time per move:

1. Use engines that have "Move Overhead" option and respect it(!) even for time/move control. Stockfish doesn't do this, my engine does.
2. Set the "margin" parameter in cutechess to a value > 0 (big enough for the engine that doesn't respect Move Overhead).

Here's an example of a game 1/move and RubiChess using its default Move_Overhead 100ms.

[pgn]
[Event "Time per move works!"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "RubiChess-20221120"]
[Black "RubiChess-20221229_x86-64-avx2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "r1bqkbnr/1ppp1ppp/p1n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[GameDuration "00:02:32"]
[GameEndTime "2023-02-04T18:48:37.616 Mitteleuropäische Zeit"]
[GameStartTime "2023-02-04T18:46:05.215 Mitteleuropäische Zeit"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "1/move"]

1. Ba4 {+0.37/24 0.90s} Nf6 {-0.28/23 0.90s} 2. O-O {+0.51/26 0.90s}
Be7 {-0.66/26 0.90s} 3. Re1 {+0.50/26 0.90s} b5 {-0.49/27 0.90s}
4. Bb3 {+0.38/26 0.90s} d6 {-0.60/29 0.90s} 5. c3 {+0.34/27 0.90s}
O-O {-0.68/26 0.90s} 6. h3 {+0.43/26 0.90s} Be6 {-0.58/26 0.90s}
7. Bxe6 {+0.54/24 0.90s} fxe6 {-0.47/25 0.90s} 8. a4 {+0.57/24 0.90s}
Qd7 {-0.66/26 0.90s} 9. d3 {+0.66/24 0.90s} Rab8 {-0.62/25 0.90s}
10. axb5 {+0.70/25 0.90s} axb5 {-0.71/25 0.90s} 11. Be3 {+0.65/27 0.90s}
b4 {-0.87/24 0.90s} 12. Qc2 {+0.51/26 0.90s} bxc3 {-0.58/25 0.90s}
13. bxc3 {+0.65/27 0.90s} h6 {-0.68/27 0.90s} 14. Nbd2 {+0.68/29 0.90s}
d5 {-0.77/28 0.90s} 15. d4 {+0.70/27 0.90s} exd4 {-0.72/25 0.90s}
16. Nxd4 {+0.77/24 0.90s} Nxd4 {-0.60/25 0.90s} 17. Bxd4 {+0.77/23 0.90s}
Ra8 {-0.61/27 0.90s} 18. Rad1 {+0.69/25 0.90s} c5 {-0.67/25 0.90s}
19. Be5 {+0.69/28 0.90s} Qa4 {-0.62/25 0.90s} 20. Qb1 {+0.73/27 0.90s}
Qa2 {-0.68/24 0.90s} 21. Qd3 {+0.82/25 0.90s} c4 {-0.70/26 0.90s}
22. Qe3 {+0.74/25 0.90s} Qa6 {-0.76/26 0.90s} 23. Rb1 {+0.51/24 0.90s}
Qc6 {-0.57/26 0.90s} 24. Rb6 {+0.47/22 0.90s} Qc8 {-0.69/28 0.90s}
25. Rb5 {+0.55/26 0.90s} Qc6 {-0.60/27 0.90s} 26. Reb1 {+0.50/28 0.90s}
Ra1 {-0.79/27 0.90s} 27. Rxa1 {+0.93/24 0.90s} Qxb5 {-0.85/28 0.90s}
28. Rb1 {+0.72/26 0.90s} Qd7 {-0.52/25 0.90s} 29. Bd4 {+0.64/26 0.90s}
Bd8 {-1.09/24 0.90s} 30. Ra1 {+0.71/26 0.90s} Bc7 {-0.88/25 0.90s}
31. e5 {+0.86/26 0.90s} Nh7 {-0.85/28 0.90s} 32. Qg3 {+0.71/26 0.90s}
Rf7 {-0.88/25 0.90s} 33. Be3 {+1.24/27 0.90s} Kh8 {-1.32/25 0.90s}
34. f4 {+1.24/26 0.90s} Nf8 {-1.34/27 0.90s} 35. Kh2 {+1.27/29 0.90s}
Qc6 {-1.40/28 0.90s} 36. Nf3 {+1.28/31 0.90s} Kg8 {-1.50/31 0.90s}
37. h4 {+1.28/28 0.90s} Bd8 {-1.44/29 0.90s} 38. Qg4 {+1.39/31 0.90s}
Be7 {-1.60/29 0.90s} 39. Nd4 {+1.35/31 0.90s} Qc8 {-1.62/31 0.90s}
40. Ne2 {+1.41/30 0.90s} Qb7 {-1.62/30 0.90s} 41. Bd4 {+1.41/29 0.90s}
Qc6 {-1.62/33 0.90s} 42. Ra7 {+1.37/26 0.90s} Qc8 {-1.62/31 0.90s}
43. Ra2 {+1.40/28 0.90s} g6 {-1.34/30 0.90s} 44. h5 {+1.25/24 0.90s}
g5 {-1.08/25 0.90s} 45. Rb2 {+1.35/25 0.90s} Bd8 {-1.48/30 0.90s}
46. Rb1 {+1.18/26 0.90s} Rg7 {-1.30/25 0.90s} 47. Qh3 {+1.31/24 0.90s}
Rf7 {-1.16/27 0.90s} 48. Qg4 {+1.14/25 0.90s} Rg7 {-1.16/29 0.90s}
49. Qf3 {+1.30/26 0.90s} gxf4 {-1.25/24 0.90s} 50. Nxf4 {+0.96/26 0.90s}
Bh4 {-1.09/26 0.90s} 51. Kg1 {+1.27/26 0.90s} Qe8 {-1.14/27 0.90s}
52. Ra1 {+1.20/26 0.90s} Kh7 {-1.04/27 0.90s} 53. Kh1 {+1.16/25 0.90s}
Bg5 {-1.16/28 0.90s} 54. Nh3 {+1.14/25 0.90s} Bh4 {-0.96/27 0.90s}
55. g4 {+1.19/25 0.90s} Nd7 {-1.09/27 0.90s} 56. Ra6 {+1.05/25 0.90s}
Nf8 {-1.00/26 0.90s} 57. Ra1 {+1.01/26 0.90s} Nd7 {-0.98/26 0.90s}
58. Qe2 {+0.88/24 0.90s} Qb8 {-0.85/26 0.90s} 59. Rf1 {+1.01/24 0.90s}
Qe8 {-0.85/27 0.90s} 60. Ra1 {+0.79/26 0.90s} Qc8 {-0.84/25 0.90s}
61. Ra7 {+0.93/26 0.90s} Nf8 {-0.61/28 0.90s} 62. Ra1 {+0.83/27 0.90s}
Nd7 {-0.80/27 0.90s} 63. Rf1 {+0.85/27 0.90s} Qe8 {-0.73/28 0.90s}
64. Kh2 {+0.84/25 0.90s} Kg8 {-0.85/27 0.90s} 65. Ra1 {+0.80/25 0.90s}
Rf7 {-0.93/26 0.90s} 66. Qa2 {+0.58/26 0.90s} Qb8 {-0.28/25 0.90s}
67. Qa8 {0.00/23 0.90s} Kh7 {0.00/28 0.90s} 68. Ng1 {0.00/28 0.90s}
Qb2+ {0.00/31 0.90s} 69. Kh3 {0.00/32 0.90s} Rf2 {0.00/33 0.90s}
70. Bxf2 {0.00/31 0.90s} Qxf2 {0.00/33 0.90s} 71. Ne2 {0.00/33 0.90s}
Qxe2 {0.00/34 0.90s} 72. Qe8 {0.00/32 0.90s} Qe3+ {0.00/35 0.90s}
73. Kxh4 {0.00/31 0.90s} Qf2+ {0.00/37 0.90s} 74. Kh3 {0.00/28 0s}
Qe3+ {0.00/38 0.90s} 75. Kg2 {0.00/32 0.90s} Qe2+ {0.00/35 0.90s}
76. Kg1 {0.00/33 0.90s} Qxg4+ {0.00/35 0.90s} 77. Kf1 {0.00/35 0.90s}
Qf4+ {0.00/36 0.90s} 78. Kg2 {0.00/36 0.90s} Qg4+ {0.00/39 0.90s}
79. Kf2 {0.00/35 0.90s} Qf4+ {0.00/37 0.90s} 80. Kg1 {0.00/37 0.90s}
Qg3+ {0.00/38 0.90s} 81. Kh1 {0.00/35 0.90s} Qf3+ {0.00/38 0.90s}
82. Kh2 {0.00/35 0.90s} Qf4+ {0.00/34 0.90s} 83. Kh1 {0.00/37 0.90s}
Qf3+ {0.00/38 0.90s} 84. Kh2 {0.00/37 0.90s} Qf4+ {0.00/37 0.90s}
85. Kh1 {0.00/38 0.90s} Qf3+ {0.00/41 0.90s, Draw by 3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]
And another example of a game with Stockfish and cutechess margin parameter set to 10ms:

[pgn][Event "...even with Stockfish using full 1s"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "RubiChess-20221120"]
[Black "stockfish_15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "r1bqkbnr/1ppp1ppp/p1n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[GameDuration "00:05:41"]
[GameEndTime "2023-02-04T19:03:06.148 Mitteleuropäische Zeit"]
[GameStartTime "2023-02-04T18:57:24.383 Mitteleuropäische Zeit"]
[PlyCount "359"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TimeControl "1/move"]

1. Ba4 {+0.37/24 0.90s} Nf6 {-0.55/20 1.0s} 2. O-O {+0.48/26 0.90s}
b5 {-0.48/20 1.0s} 3. Bb3 {+0.54/24 0.90s} Bb7 {-0.49/21 1.0s}
4. Re1 {+0.51/25 0.90s} Bc5 {-0.47/22 1.0s} 5. c3 {+0.35/25 0.90s}
Bb6 {-0.38/23 1.0s} 6. d4 {+0.46/26 0.90s} d6 {-0.41/23 1.0s}
7. Bg5 {+0.55/25 0.90s} h6 {-0.27/23 1.0s} 8. Bh4 {+0.38/27 0.90s}
O-O {-0.13/23 1.0s} 9. a4 {+0.57/27 0.90s} exd4 {-0.29/22 1.0s}
10. cxd4 {+0.47/25 0.90s} g5 {-0.16/24 1.0s} 11. Bg3 {+0.59/25 0.90s}
Re8 {-0.15/23 1.0s} 12. d5 {+0.47/26 0.90s} Na5 {-0.06/22 1.0s}
13. Bc2 {+0.49/25 0.90s} c6 {-0.20/22 1.0s} 14. axb5 {+0.54/23 0.90s}
axb5 {-0.04/23 1.0s} 15. Nc3 {+0.71/25 0.90s} Nc4 {-0.08/23 1.0s}
16. Rxa8 {+0.43/23 0.90s} Bxa8 {0.00/24 1.0s} 17. b3 {+0.53/25 0.90s}
Ne5 {0.00/26 1.0s} 18. dxc6 {+0.16/24 0.90s} Bxc6 {0.00/27 1.0s}
19. Nd4 {+0.12/26 0.90s} Bd7 {0.00/25 1.0s} 20. Ncxb5 {+0.28/25 0.90s}
Ba5 {+0.22/22 1.0s} 21. Nxd6 {-0.32/27 0.90s} Bg4 {0.00/24 1.0s}
22. Nxe8 {-0.34/29 0.90s} Bxd1 {0.00/27 1.0s} 23. Nxf6+ {-0.31/28 0.90s}
Qxf6 {0.00/31 1.0s} 24. Rxd1 {-0.43/25 0.90s} h5 {0.00/31 1.0s}
25. Nf5 {-0.40/27 0.90s} Ng6 {0.00/30 1.0s} 26. e5 {-0.32/26 0.90s}
Qc6 {0.00/29 1.0s} 27. Nd4 {-0.43/27 0.90s} Qc5 {0.00/30 1.0s}
28. e6 {-0.33/29 0.90s} h4 {0.00/24 1.0s} 29. Bb8 {-0.33/28 0.90s}
g4 {0.00/25 1.0s} 30. b4 {-0.40/24 0.90s} Bxb4 {+0.33/19 1.0s}
31. Be4 {-0.34/25 0.90s} Qb6 {+0.05/21 1.0s} 32. Nc6 {-0.13/23 0.90s}
f5 {+1.41/22 1.0s} 33. Ba7 {-0.82/29 0.90s} Qb5 {+1.05/26 1.0s}
34. Nxb4 {-0.82/27 0.90s} Qxb4 {+1.36/27 1.00s} 35. Bxf5 {-1.63/24 0.90s}
Qa4 {+1.15/31 1.0s} 36. Rd8+ {-1.89/24 0.90s} Nf8 {+1.19/34 1.0s}
37. Rxf8+ {-2.13/24 0.90s} Kxf8 {+1.25/36 1.0s} 38. Bc5+ {-1.88/31 0.90s}
Kg7 {+1.34/31 1.0s} 39. Bd3 {-1.97/35 0.90s} Qb3 {+1.35/35 1.0s}
40. Bd4+ {-1.99/30 0.90s} Kg8 {+1.10/33 1.0s} 41. Bf1 {-2.05/35 0.90s}
Qxe6 {+1.25/30 1.0s} 42. Be3 {-2.04/33 0.90s} Qd5 {+0.94/31 1.0s}
43. Bb6 {-2.05/33 0.90s} Kg7 {+1.03/32 1.0s} 44. Be3 {-2.08/35 0.90s}
Qf5 {+1.31/32 1.0s} 45. Bb6 {-2.08/36 0.90s} Kf7 {+1.31/33 1.0s}
46. Bd8 {-2.08/36 0.90s} Qh5 {+1.28/34 1.0s} 47. Bc4+ {-2.11/33 0.90s}
Ke8 {+1.31/34 1.0s} 48. Bb6 {-2.11/37 0.90s} Qf5 {+1.31/34 1.0s}
49. Be3 {-2.11/34 0.90s} Kd7 {+1.31/33 1.0s} 50. Bf1 {-2.11/38 0.90s}
Ke7 {+0.88/28 1.0s} 51. Bb6 {-2.11/37 0.90s} Qb1 {+0.79/25 1.0s}
52. Be3 {-2.11/39 0.90s} Qf5 {+0.61/26 1.0s} 53. Bb6 {-2.11/40 0.90s}
h3 {+0.70/29 1.0s} 54. Ba7 {-2.11/41 0.90s} Ke8 {+0.83/29 1.00s}
55. Bd4 {-2.11/38 0.90s} Kd8 {+0.49/27 1.0s} 56. Be3 {-2.11/38 0.90s}
Qg6 {+0.01/32 1.00s} 57. Bf4 {-2.11/39 0.90s} Kd7 {+0.12/32 1.0s}
58. Bg3 {-2.11/39 0.90s} Qf5 {+0.50/31 1.0s} 59. Bb8 {-2.11/40 0.90s}
Qb1 {+0.30/27 1.0s} 60. Bg3 {-2.11/40 0.90s} Kc6 {+0.28/31 1.0s}
61. Bh4 {-2.11/39 0.90s} Kd5 {+0.18/31 1.0s} 62. Bg3 {-2.11/40 0.90s}
Ke6 {+0.18/33 1.0s} 63. Bh4 {-2.11/42 0.90s} Qe1 {+0.04/32 1.0s}
64. Bg3 {-2.11/41 0.90s} Kd7 {0.00/34 1.0s} 65. f3 {-1.14/33 0.90s}
Qe3+ {+0.40/27 1.0s} 66. Bf2 {-1.14/37 0.90s} Qg5 {+0.11/26 1.00s}
67. fxg4 {-1.14/35 0.90s} Qxg4 {+0.31/31 1.00s} 68. Bg3 {-1.14/35 0.90s}
Qd4+ {+0.39/32 1.0s} 69. Bf2 {-1.14/37 0.90s} Qg4 {+0.30/33 1.00s}
70. Bg3 {-1.14/36 0.90s} hxg2 {+0.06/25 1.0s} 71. Kxg2 {-1.14/34 0.90s}
Ke6 {+0.74/27 1.00s} 72. Kf2 {-1.14/35 0.90s} Qf5+ {+0.61/29 1.00s}
73. Ke2 {-1.14/31 0.90s} Kf6 {+0.56/29 1.0s} 74. Bg2 {-1.14/33 0.90s}
Qb5+ {+0.65/33 1.0s} 75. Ke3 {-1.14/36 0.90s} Qb6+ {+0.64/32 1.0s}
76. Ke2 {-1.14/36 0.90s} Qb5+ {+0.59/32 1.00s} 77. Ke3 {-1.14/35 0.90s}
Qb3+ {+0.49/36 1.00s} 78. Kf2 {-1.14/35 0.90s} Qc2+ {+0.33/35 1.0s}
79. Kf1 {-1.14/36 0.90s} Qb1+ {+0.33/39 1.0s} 80. Kf2 {-1.14/35 0.90s}
Qc2+ {+0.48/37 1.0s} 81. Kf3 {-1.14/36 0.90s} Kg5 {+0.60/31 1.0s}
82. Bf1 {-1.14/37 0.90s} Qf5+ {+0.53/30 1.0s} 83. Kg2 {-1.14/38 0.90s}
Qc2+ {+0.64/31 1.0s} 84. Kf3 {-1.14/34 0.90s} Qd2 {+0.49/32 1.0s}
85. Be2 {-1.14/37 0.90s} Kf5 {+0.49/33 1.0s} 86. h3 {-1.14/39 0.90s}
Qc2 {+0.75/24 1.0s} 87. Bf1 {-1.18/33 0.90s} Qd2 {+0.54/26 1.0s}
88. Be2 {-1.15/37 0.90s} Qa2 {+0.53/26 1.00s} 89. Bd3+ {-1.14/34 0.90s}
Ke6 {+0.39/26 1.0s} 90. Be2 {-1.15/36 0.90s} Qc2 {+0.43/30 1.0s}
91. Bf4 {-1.14/37 0.90s} Qc3+ {+0.42/30 1.0s} 92. Kg2 {-1.15/34 0.90s}
Qb2 {+0.39/32 1.0s} 93. Kf3 {-1.15/34 0.90s} Kf5 {+0.39/32 1.0s}
94. Bd3+ {-1.15/34 0.90s} Kf6 {+0.50/30 1.0s} 95. Be2 {-1.15/34 0.90s}
Qc3+ {+0.45/31 1.0s} 96. Kg2 {-1.13/36 0.90s} Qc2 {+0.59/30 1.0s}
97. Kf3 {-1.13/37 0.90s} Qb3+ {+0.62/33 1.00s} 98. Kg2 {-1.13/37 0.90s}
Qa2 {+0.61/35 1.0s} 99. Kf2 {-1.13/36 0.90s} Kf5 {+0.62/30 1.00s}
100. Be3 {-1.13/40 0.90s} Kg6 {+0.63/30 1.0s} 101. h4 {-1.13/35 0.90s}
Qe6 {+0.62/34 1.0s} 102. Bf3 {-0.94/30 0.90s} Qh3 {+0.66/30 1.0s}
103. h5+ {-1.09/31 0.90s} Kf5 {+1.04/32 1.0s} 104. h6 {-1.09/33 0.90s}
Qh2+ {+0.99/31 1.0s} 105. Ke1 {-1.09/35 0.90s} Qg3+ {+0.91/33 1.0s}
106. Ke2 {-1.09/37 0.90s} Ke5 {+1.08/34 1.0s} 107. Bc6 {-1.09/38 0.90s}
Qh2+ {+1.01/36 1.0s} 108. Kf1 {-1.09/38 0.90s} Qh5 {+0.94/36 1.0s}
109. Bg2 {-1.09/38 0.90s} Kf6 {+0.95/30 1.0s} 110. Kf2 {-1.09/38 0.90s}
Qh2 {+1.16/26 1.0s} 111. Kf3 {-1.09/37 0.90s} Kf5 {+1.21/32 1.0s}
112. Bf1 {-1.09/36 0.90s} Qh5+ {+1.15/31 1.0s} 113. Kf2 {-1.09/38 0.90s}
Qh4+ {+1.29/32 1.0s} 114. Kf3 {-1.09/38 0.90s} Qe4+ {+1.31/32 1.0s}
115. Kf2 {-1.09/38 0.90s} Kg4 {+1.35/33 1.0s} 116. Be2+ {-1.09/31 0.90s}
Kh3 {+1.21/32 1.0s} 117. Bf1+ {-1.09/33 0.90s} Kh2 {+1.40/35 1.0s}
118. Be2 {-1.17/29 0.90s} Qf5+ {+1.40/34 1.0s} 119. Ke1 {-1.36/32 0.90s}
Qc2 {+1.40/35 1.0s} 120. Kf2 {-1.09/32 0.90s} Qe4 {+1.40/37 1.0s}
121. Bf3 {-1.14/33 0.90s} Qf5 {+1.40/35 1.0s} 122. Bd2 {-1.12/33 0.90s}
Kh3 {+1.40/32 1.0s} 123. Ke2 {-1.12/28 0.90s} Qe6+ {+1.40/28 1.0s}
124. Kf2 {-1.57/29 0.90s} Qe5 {+1.21/30 1.0s} 125. Bg2+ {-1.56/30 0.90s}
Kg4 {+1.25/29 1.0s} 126. Bf3+ {-1.57/31 0.90s} Kh3 {+1.29/30 1.0s}
127. h7 {-1.57/33 0.90s} Qc5+ {+1.26/26 1.0s} 128. Ke2 {-1.57/31 0.90s}
Qe7+ {+1.26/27 1.0s} 129. Kd3 {-1.57/33 0.90s} Qd7+ {+1.32/27 1.0s}
130. Ke3 {-1.57/35 0.90s} Qxh7 {+1.28/28 1.0s} 131. Be4 {-1.57/36 0.90s}
Qd7 {+1.22/28 1.0s} 132. Bc3 {-1.57/36 0.90s} Kg4 {+1.17/25 1.0s}
133. Bf3+ {-1.57/34 0.90s} Kg3 {+1.15/24 1.0s} 134. Be5+ {-1.57/34 0.90s}
Kh3 {+1.03/25 1.0s} 135. Be4 {-1.57/36 0.90s} Qe6 {+1.04/24 1.0s}
136. Kd4 {-1.57/32 0.90s} Kg4 {+1.03/24 1.0s} 137. Bd5 {-1.57/32 0.90s}
Qb6+ {+1.24/23 1.0s} 138. Kc4 {-1.69/33 0.90s} Qb1 {+1.23/28 1.0s}
139. Kc5 {-1.57/30 0.90s} Qc1+ {+1.15/27 1.0s} 140. Kd6 {-1.57/32 0.90s}
Qd2 {+1.11/27 1.00s} 141. Kc6 {-1.61/32 0.90s} Kf5 {+1.25/27 1.0s}
142. Bd6 {-1.62/32 0.90s} Qd3 {+1.12/26 1.0s} 143. Bc7 {-1.70/35 0.90s}
Qa6+ {+2.00/26 1.0s} 144. Kc5 {-1.70/37 0.90s} Qc8 {+2.80/23 1.0s}
145. Kd6 {-1.77/36 0.90s} Kf6 {+2.47/26 1.0s} 146. Kc6 {-1.79/36 0.90s}
Qa8+ {+1.66/19 1.0s} 147. Kc5 {-1.78/37 0.90s} Qa3+ {+0.92/18 1.0s}
148. Kb6 {-1.78/40 0.90s} Qb2+ {+0.87/19 1.00s} 149. Kc6 {-1.78/37 0.90s}
Qc1+ {+0.82/22 1.0s} 150. Kb6 {-1.78/41 0.90s} Qb2+ {+0.83/23 1.0s}
151. Kc6 {-1.78/39 0.90s} Qc3+ {+0.83/26 1.0s} 152. Kb6 {-1.78/42 0.90s}
Qb4+ {+0.87/25 1.0s} 153. Kc6 {-1.78/39 0.90s} Qc3+ {+0.75/25 1.0s}
154. Kb7 {-1.78/42 0.90s} Qb4+ {+0.99/27 1.0s} 155. Kc6 {-1.78/40 0.90s}
Ke7 {+1.00/29 1.0s} 156. Be5 {-1.78/34 0.90s} Ke8 {+0.83/30 1.0s}
157. Bd6 {-1.78/34 0.90s} Qc3+ {+0.73/25 1.00s} 158. Bc5 {-1.78/35 0.90s}
Kd8 {+0.66/22 1.0s} 159. Kd6 {-1.78/33 0.90s} Qg3+ {+0.66/23 1.0s}
160. Kc6 {-1.70/32 0.90s} Qc3 {+0.61/23 1.0s} 161. Kd6 {-1.71/32 0.90s}
Qg3+ {+0.59/22 1.0s} 162. Kc6 {-1.71/31 0.90s} Qe5 {+0.52/22 1.0s}
163. Bd6 {-1.64/33 0.90s} Qa1 {+0.51/22 1.0s} 164. Bc4 {-1.64/30 0.90s}
Qa8+ {+0.42/22 1.0s} 165. Kc5 {-1.58/26 0.90s} Kd7 {+0.34/22 1.0s}
166. Bb5+ {-1.59/27 0.90s} Ke6 {+0.32/27 1.0s} 167. Bc4+ {-1.55/25 0.90s}
Kf6 {+0.31/25 1.0s} 168. Kd4 {-1.35/25 0.90s} Qa5 {+0.23/22 1.0s}
169. Ke4 {-1.26/24 0.90s} Qa8+ {+0.19/23 1.0s} 170. Kd4 {-0.99/23 0.90s}
Qc6 {0.00/25 1.0s} 171. Be5+ {0.00/30 0.90s} Ke7 {0.00/28 1.0s}
172. Bd5 {0.00/37 0.90s} Qc1 {0.00/32 1.0s} 173. Bc4 {0.00/40 0.90s}
Qa1+ {0.00/28 1.0s} 174. Kd5 {0.00/45 0.90s} Qb1 {0.00/31 1.0s}
175. Kc5 {0.00/38 0.90s} Qg1+ {0.00/31 1.0s} 176. Kc6 {0.00/43 0.90s}
Qh1+ {0.00/34 1.0s} 177. Kc5 {0.00/42 0.90s} Kd7 {0.00/35 1.0s}
178. Bb5+ {0.00/48 0.90s} Ke6 {0.00/51 1.0s} 179. Bc3 {0.00/51 0.90s}
Qd5+ {0.00/38 1.0s} 180. Kb4 {0.00/89 0.90s, Draw by adjudication} 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[jkominek]

Version 1.2.0 has serious bug. If You play with fixed time for move ALL games are soon lost by time!

I got tripped up by that myself. But actually, I argue, it is not a bug. It is understandable to think you are not using a time control. But, when using a fixed time per (half)-move the consequence is that every move by definition is operating under its own time control. During the course of the game sometimes an engine will go a little over and not report back to the UI before the flag rises. This is particularly common in bullet matches. The offending engine has forfeited on time and the game terminates.

With cutechess-cli the practical solution is to always include a healthy timemargin to accompany st=TimePerMove.

[jkominek]

Wrong!

You have even two options to avoid time loss in cutechess using time per move:

1. Use engines that have "Move Overhead" option and respect it(!) even for time/move control. Stockfish doesn't do this, my engine does.
2. Set the "margin" parameter in cutechess to a value > 0 (big enough for the engine that doesn't respect Move Overhead).

What, no "88ms" badge of honor for RubiChess? You're missing out on the glory!