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I would like to use cutechess-cli (command line interface) on a computer cluster to run a few matches among several engines starting from a given fen position. Unfortunately, I don't have root permission to install the qmake command needed for compilation. 64 bit linux compiles are indeed available, but they stop at version 0.5.1, which doesn't support the start from a fen string. I was wondering if anyone could post a compile of the lasest version of the program for download.
Thanks in advance.

Arturo

If by "starting from a given fen position" you mean EPD support, then yes, the latest (unreleased) cutechess-cli has it. I made fresh compiles for the Stockfish team and uploaded them to http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/
The versions labeled "sf" are up to date with some new features, even if the version number says "0.5.1-SF".

ilari wrote:If by "starting from a given fen position" you mean EPD support, then yes, the latest (unreleased) cutechess-cli has it. I made fresh compiles for the Stockfish team and uploaded them to http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/
The versions labeled "sf" are up to date with some new features, even if the version number says "0.5.1-SF".

Many thanks for the upload. However, I tried to tun it and I got the following errors. The binary compile at github instead ran smoothly.
Thanks again.
Arturo.

-bash-4.1$ ./cutechess-cli
./cutechess-cli: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by ./cutechess-cli)
./cutechess-cli: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by /home/arturo/cutechess-cli/libQtCore.so.4)
./cutechess-cli: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /home/arturo/cutechess-cli/libQtCore.so.4)

The latest binaries were compiled on a newer system so they also require a newer version of GLIBC. The solution is to compile cutechess-cli again on a older OS version, but I don't have anything older than Ubuntu 12.10 installed.

arturo100 wrote:

ilari wrote:If by "starting from a given fen position" you mean EPD support, then yes, the latest (unreleased) cutechess-cli has it. I made fresh compiles for the Stockfish team and uploaded them to http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/
The versions labeled "sf" are up to date with some new features, even if the version number says "0.5.1-SF".

Many thanks for the upload. However, I tried to tun it and I got the following errors. The binary compile at github instead ran smoothly.
Thanks again.
Arturo.

-bash-4.1$ ./cutechess-cli
./cutechess-cli: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by ./cutechess-cli)
./cutechess-cli: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by /home/arturo/cutechess-cli/libQtCore.so.4)
./cutechess-cli: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /home/arturo/cutechess-cli/libQtCore.so.4)

The 64 bit version we are using for SF testing is here (compiled with an older glibc): https://github.com/mcostalba/FishCookin ... -64bit.zip

Many thanks to Ilary and Gary for the tips. I tried the stockfish compile of cutechess and it worked fine. Just one more question: I would like to run a match without switching colors (i.e, I would like Houdini to be always black). Is there a way I can do that in cutechess?

Thanks again.

Arturo

gladius wrote:

arturo100 wrote:

ilari wrote:If by "starting from a given fen position" you mean EPD sup port, then yes, the latest (unreleased) cutechess-cli has it. I made fresh compiles for the Stockfish team and uploaded them to http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/
The versions labeled "sf" are up to date with some new features, even if the version number says "0.5.1-SF".

Many thanks for the upload. However, I tried to tun it and I got the following errors. The binary compile at github instead ran smoothly.
Thanks again.
Arturo.

-bash-4.1$ ./cutechess-cli
./cutechess-cli: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by ./cutechess-cli)
./cutechess-cli: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by /home/arturo/cutechess-cli/libQtCore.so.4)
./cutechess-cli: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /home/arturo/cutechess-cli/libQtCore.so.4)

The 64 bit version we are using for SF testing is here (compiled with an older glibc): https://github.com/mcostalba/FishCookin ... -64bit.zip