Banksia GUI released

[AlexChess]

Thank you all for the feedback, and reports!

I have just updated new binaries (version C) for fixing some known bugs and a workaround for fixing the library-issue with Apple Silicon binary.

Please re-download and help us with testing.

Hi Pham!
Just installed BSG 0.56c on Windows 10 x64 . All OK with QT Plugin and it has mantained my layout|

Just completed my TCEC 22 ProteusSF-Sunrise gauntlet against all top engines (3800 games in 2 months, BSG is resilient )

And just started a new TCEC 23 Superfinal Active chess 25 mins + 5 secs / all gauntlet against 21 TOP engines

Magnum you are welcome on BanksiaGUI Forum (soon adding also a mac Silicon M1-M2 specific topic

[phhnguyen]

What these strange number after eval and depth

Nodes per second and all Nodes searched.

Can it be switched off?

Go to Settings -> Move, and select None for Computing info

[phhnguyen]

Thank you for the report. It is a bug. I am going to make a fixed release soon.

Unusable ouput

[Event "4m2s 001"]
[Date "2022.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "A"]
[Black "B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]
[Time "14:15:43"]
[Board "30"]
[Termination "repetition"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]

1. 2.
3. 4. {D31: QGD, semi-Slav}
5. 6.
7. 8. {End of opening}
9.Bxc4 {+0.03/31 16112 12935575} b5 {+0.24/37 10 2} 10.Bb3 {+0.08/34 8045 7443442} Kh8 {+0.31/36 10 1}
11.e4 {+0.03/32 7303 6610220} e5 {+0.09/35 10 1} 12.Bg5 {+0.08/31 7743 6943357} a5 {+0.16/37 10 1}
13.exf5 {+0.08/30 5840 5274343} Qe7 {+0.34/34 10 1} 14.O-O {+0.07/30 5581 5201681} a4 {+0.12/33 10 1}
15.Be6 {+0.08/32 6010 5708417} Bxe6 {+0.15/34 10 1} 16.fxe6 {+0.05/33 13482 12159766} Qxe6 {+0.19/33 10 1}
17.Rae1 {+0.03/33 14538 13398326} Nbd7 {+0.13/26 5966 5115768} 18.Ng3 {+0.03/33 3719 3681881} Qc4 {+0.00/32 5971 3990799}
19.b3 {+0.00/35 6679 6263298} Qxd4+ {+0.02/31 6581 5470676} 20.Be3 {+0.02/33 7177 6870322} axb3 {+0.00/32 6663 5820389}
21.axb3 {+0.00/33 4772 4213032} Qb4 {+0.07/33 7379 6406745} 22.Nce4 {+0.00/35 7688 6794540} Nxe4 {+0.06/35 5968 5259133}
23.Nxe4 {+0.00/37 5862 5185788} Be7 {+0.00/40 8381 6761424} 24.Qxc6 {+0.00/41 11552 9562124} Nf6 {+0.00/40 16414 12532383}
25.Nxf6 {+0.00/41 12526 11793080} Rac8 {+0.00/37 7079 5606592} 26.Qe4 {+0.00/41 11253 9684239} gxf6 {+0.00/38 11618 7826717}
27.Qb7 {+0.00/43 9978 8533126} Rb8 {+0.00/41 7190 5023286} 28.Qa7 {+0.00/40 9971 8494510} Ra8 {+0.00/39 8015 6143798}
29.Qb7 {+0.00/43 9816 8870593} Rab8 {+0.00/41 13539 10971304} 30.Qa7 {+0.00/45 5831 4590058} Ra8 {+0.00/45 7119 5854830}
31.Qb7 {+0.00/47 7020 6427984} Rab8 {+0.00/49 6166 5298660} 1/2-1/2

[Magnum]

It's still not possible to analyze/play sub moves on the board when going a move back and want to play another one.
Everybody will always create a lot of variations when analyzing a game.

[adnoh]

I am having a new problem with 0.56c.

In engine matches one engine would simply run past its time allocation and it never stops running. This did not happen with 0.55 and prior versions as sometime engines do timeout and Banksia will catch that but here it just runs forever until I manually stop it. I have tried a few engines and all seem to eventually happen.

In the following example it is Senpai 1.0 that has run on.

[phhnguyen]

It's still not possible to analyze/play sub moves on the board when going a move back and want to play another one.
Everybody will always create a lot of variations when analyzing a game.

This version (0.56) started supporting viewing variations only. Wait for me for the next version (not today's sub-version) for having more features/functions with variations.

[phhnguyen]

I am having a new problem with 0.56c.

In engine matches one engine would simply run past its time allocation and it never stops running. This did not happen with 0.55 and prior versions as sometime engines do timeout and Banksia will catch that but here it just runs forever until I manually stop it. I have tried a few engines and all seem to eventually happen.

In the following example it is Senpai 1.0 that has run on.

I can't reproduce the bug even after running a lot of tests/games, with and without the engine you mentioned. BTW, I have checked and improved some code in the hope it could fix some potential bugs. Please download today's version and help us to test it. Thanks

[phhnguyen]

I have just uploaded a new sub-version (D), mainly for fixing some known bugs. Please re-download it and help us to test it.

There are some improvements and new features, including editing sentences for speeching. Basically, that could support multi-languages:


Editable sentences for speeching

[adnoh]

I am having a new problem with 0.56c.

In engine matches one engine would simply run past its time allocation and it never stops running. This did not happen with 0.55 and prior versions as sometime engines do timeout and Banksia will catch that but here it just runs forever until I manually stop it. I have tried a few engines and all seem to eventually happen.

In the following example it is Senpai 1.0 that has run on.

I can't reproduce the bug even after running a lot of tests/games, with and without the engine you mentioned. BTW, I have checked and improved some code in the hope it could fix some potential bugs. Please download today's version and help us to test it. Thanks

I have tried it with 0.56d but still the same problem. These are the time control I am using in case that is related. I will do more testing on my own with various tournament settings to see if I can isolate it. Thanks for the Chess GUI,

[phhnguyen]

I have tried it with 0.56d but still the same problem. These are the time control I am using in case that is related. I will do more testing on my own with various tournament settings to see if I can isolate it. Thanks for the Chess GUI,

Could you post the image of the Adjudication setup dialog (click on the button "setup" next to the text "Adjudication" on your above image)? I am wondering if it is the cause, especially the online adjudication.

Could you do a quick test with that feature off (you may turn off openings, games/logs too)?

Thanks again