Hello,

here is the first functionnal draft of a small command line tools, syntax is :

top_moves_stats.exe --engine path_to_UCI_engine_exe --game path_to_PGN_games_file --PV number_of_top_moves_to_check --ms number_of_milliseconds_per_move

it outputs a CSV (pgn name + _analysis.csv) file with one ...

Chessbase software are buggy with respect to DGT board use. (Fritz12 last service pack)
I've been in touche with them many times about that, but it seems they don't want to solve the issue (which obviously comes from they're software side).
Many if more users complain...
ITts already a pain when ...

Thank you for that information.
And what about the X/Y next to the move information on the first line of Fritz12 GUI ?

Hello,

Can somebody explain the figures that can be seen (on Fritz12 GUI) when an engine is running. I'm not talking about the evaluation of the position, but about the depth figure.
It shows something like depth=A/B and I can't figure the point of the two figures (one must be the actuel depth but ...

indeed, it does not solve all the issues I i just had a full crash during an online game with the DGT board... nasty...

A new update is available from january 25th 2011 same address as stated on this thread

It seems to solve all the issues I had with using the DGT board !!!! (been a long time i was asking for it !)

Regards

could this be linked to what i reported here :

http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=862

for which I got no explainations ?

Regards,

Mathieu

Q7/2k5/1p1q3p/2bB4/6R1/P4P1P/KPP3P1/4r3 b - - 0 47

The following position gives the described behaviour :

i'm displaying the engine output for the 2 first lines which are :
1 : 47..Re8
2 : 47 : Rd1

After some time, line 2 shows mate in 29 and later on, it shows mate in 32 (about 18 minutes on my ...

Hello,

I'm not sure i'm understanding well but if the engine annonce a mate in N move line, then it hase be sure to mate in "at most" N moves, isn't it ?

Then the only way the N number should change is by lowering, if the engine finds a better "attacking" move (there should be no better defending ...

Hello,

i'm quite a newbie to chess and computer chess, but i noticed a strange behaviour (at least strange to my mind) with Houdini 1.5 engine.

I'm working with the Fritz12 GUI.
I've been analysing some lost position in analysis mode for a long time with 3 main lines displayed.
After a while, the ...