Banksia GUI released

[phhnguyen]

How do I send commandline options to a wb engine?
Can I send it via Init strings? (which syntax then?)

Oops, sorry. There is a bug thus init strings don't work. I will fix for the next release

[phhnguyen]

Two Request more please:

* Customization option of font color for Engine Name and Clock Time (It may make it easier to view depending on user Theme.)

* Add Pv Board to docks menu (Only been able to display it by turning on all docks)

I will do. Thanks

[phhnguyen]

I also noticed syntax has changed. "Command" now uses "\\" and "Working folder" now uses "/" in Windoes 10

You're right. I tried to use more "native" separators. The good that in Windows we can use any or even mix "\" and "/"

[AdminX]

Yet another request, Can we get the ability to save Themes and Layouts. I keep finding new looks.

Thanks for all your work.

https://i.ibb.co/KwXymJn/latest.png

[phhnguyen]

Yet another request, Can we get the ability to save Themes and Layouts. I keep finding new looks.

Thanks for all your work.

https://i.ibb.co/KwXymJn/latest.png

Such a beautiful and impressive board!!!

Thanks for the suggestion. I am going to implement it.

[Gabor Szots]

I have just realized that you are the author of the Ax chess engine. Has its development stopped in favour of Banksia?

[phhnguyen]

I have just realized that you are the author of the Ax chess engine. Has its development stopped in favour of Banksia?

Yes I am. However, I stopped its development for very long time ago (over 15 years ) since I focused on other engines for other chess variants (mostly Xiangqi).

[supersharp77]

Banksia v0.10 GUI......Crash issues.....I had Banksia v0.9 loaded and working with an ongoing tourney tried to install version 0.10 over version 0.9 with initial partial success and then final crash....removed all the 0.9 dll's and then installled version 0.10 all was well ...then added Elo's to all the engines....tried to continue tourney with just Elo changes...new gui tried but crashed....did fresh install of Gui 0.10 and removed all the loaded engines (quite a few) from the list but does not auto load or manually load Uci or winboard engines currently...any ideas? I may delete some of the remaining folders next..and see what happens...Will keep you posted..Thx AR

[phhnguyen]

Banksia v0.10 GUI......Crash issues.....I had Banksia v0.9 loaded and working with an ongoing tourney tried to install version 0.10 over version 0.9 with initial partial success and then final crash....removed all the 0.9 dll's and then installled version 0.10 all was well ...then added Elo's to all the engines....tried to continue tourney with just Elo changes...new gui tried but crashed....did fresh install of Gui 0.10 and removed all the loaded engines (quite a few) from the list but does not auto load or manually load Uci or winboard engines currently...any ideas? I may delete some of the remaining folders next..and see what happens...Will keep you posted..Thx AR

Sorry to hear about crashing!
After deleting all engines you need to add them back. You may add one by one (manually) or add all (automatically) from a main folder which contains all engines in subfolders.

To do:
1) Open a dialog to add engines: meu File -> Settings -> open Settings dialog -> Engines tab -> click on plus button
2) When Add engine dialog appears, select "One" to add one by one engine or "All engines in a main folder" to add all. Then fill box Engine file or Main folder -> click OK

=> Wait and enjoy your drinking

[phhnguyen]

Higher scores are wrongly interpreted as mate scores in the pgn and move window.
Strangely only for one side. Starts in the example with M-653 already, instead of -6.53.

[pgn]
[Event "Test_2019-12-14"]
[Site "RWBC"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fruit_21"]
[Black "Ethereal_1000-64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "40/120+0"]
[Time "12:33:56"]
[Board "1"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {A45: Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)} d5
3. Bxf6 gxf6 {End of opening} 4. Nc3 {-0.03/12 3.8 4210000} c6 {+0.16/18 3.2 3275283}
5. Nf3 {+0.13/11 2.7 2826619} e5 {+0.25/19 2.9 2875714} 6. dxe5 {+0.51/11 3.1 3450440} fxe5 {+0.36/19 2.7 2746359}
7. Qd2 {-0.25/10 5.5 6248900} Qf6 {+0.94/19 3.2 3084705} 8. e3 {-0.28/10 2.0 2173020} Bg4 {+0.92/21 3.7 3734650}
9. O-O-O {-0.24/10 2.0 2117926} Nd7 {+1.13/22 7.3 7418829} 10. Be2 {-0.26/11 3.2 3570000} Rg8 {+1.06/23 2.3 2361115}
11. h3 {-0.28/10 3.2 3518423} Be6 {+1.18/22 6.4 6265717} 12. g4 {-0.65/11 3.9 4295913} Bd6 {+1.01/22 2.7 2669119}
13. g5 {-0.25/10 3.7 3945033} Qe7 {+1.30/20 2.1 2066811} 14. h4 {-0.50/10 3.1 3347242} O-O-O {+1.25/21 2.0 2032319}
15. Kb1 {-0.68/10 2.8 3119608} Nc5 {+1.46/20 9.1 9215878} 16. Rhg1 {-0.84/10 3.9 4365523} Bc7 {+1.51/19 4.9 4999684}
17. Qc1 {-0.76/10 3.6 3986779} Kb8 {+1.63/19 1.8 1791259} 18. b3 {-0.82/10 3.0 3110000} Bf5 {+1.78/18 2.1 2028262}
19. Qa3 {-0.91/10 3.2 3495636} Bd6 {+1.86/19 5.1 5126996} 20. Qb2 {-1.13/10 3.3 3622412} Ne6 {+1.93/19 2.4 2392955}
21. Na4 {-0.86/10 3.0 3160000} f6 {+2.22/16 0.6 556859} 22. b4 {-1.24/9 4.5 4609921} fxg5 {+2.59/20 3.3 3352456}
23. Nxe5 {-1.62/10 3.5 3562304} Nc7 {+2.78/20 2.1 2206501} 24. Nf3 {-1.59/10 3.3 3390485} gxh4 {+2.67/20 4.0 4219755}
25. Nd4 {-1.56/10 2.9 2890000} Rxg1 {+2.81/20 1.6 1695358} 26. Rxg1 {-1.69/9 0.7 665768} Bc8 {+2.97/22 3.0 3212911}
27. Rg7 {-1.69/9 4.2 4295145} Qf8 {+3.85/17 2.1 2216719} 28. f3 {-1.86/10 3.0 3010000} Re8 {+4.85/18 2.5 2631958}
29. Rxh7 {-2.55/9 2.0 1897245} Rxe3 {+5.19/20 2.5 2869644} 30. Rh8 {-2.80/10 3.4 3555839} Qxh8 {+6.53/20 2.6 3045376}
31. Nxc6+ {-3.10/11 1.3 1470153} bxc6 {+7.05/18 1.9 2193625} 32. Qxh8 {-3.16/13 2.3 2839853} h3 {+6.66/17 1.1 1347012}
33. Nc3 {-3.16/12 2.4 2946657} h2 {+7.18/19 1.8 2073429} 34. Qh4 {-3.53/12 3.6 4363622} Bg3 {+8.07/19 1.9 2212626}
35. Qh6 {-3.81/12 3.5 4340649} d4 {+9.16/22 2.2 2269032} 36. Ne4 {-5.80/12 2.3 2914528} Bf4 {+9.88/22 1.8 2004159}
37. Qxf4 {-6.11/13 3.1 4014930} h1=Q+ {+10.08/22 1.9 1793027} 38. Kb2 {-6.32/14 4.5 5760000} Qe1 {+10.20/23 3.7 3411334}
39. Bc4 {M-653/13 4.6 5760000} Rxe4 {+10.33/23 2.7 3001828} 40. fxe4 {M-691/13 4.8 6790000} Qc3+ {+10.33/16 0.2 209530}
41. Kc1 {M-707/14 4.6 6544028} Qxc4 {+11.31/20 4.1 4583483} 42. Qd6 {M-724/13 3.0 4260555} Qc3 {+12.20/22 2.3 2086164}
43. Kb1 {M-731/13 3.6 5220000} Be6 {+13.08/22 3.0 2860136} 44. Qc5 {M-753/12 3.5 5100000} Bc4 {+21.69/23 5.4 4025543}
45. a4 {M-792/11 2.4 3472828} Kb7 {+25.25/22 2.8 2991653} 46. a5 {M-1418/10 2.3 3583279} d3 {+43.13/26 2.2 1940619}
47. cxd3 {M-1529/11 2.1 3170765} 0-1[/pgn]

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39. Bc4 {M-653/13 4.6 5760000}  Rxe4 {+10.33/23 2.7 3001828}  40. fxe4 {M-691/13 4.8 6790000}  Qc3+ {+10.33/16 0.2 209530} 
41. Kc1 {M-707/14 4.6 6544028}  Qxc4 {+11.31/20 4.1 4583483}  42. Qd6 {M-724/13 3.0 4260555}  Qc3 {+12.20/22 2.3 2086164} 
43. Kb1 {M-731/13 3.6 5220000}  Be6 {+13.08/22 3.0 2860136}  44. Qc5 {M-753/12 3.5 5100000}  Bc4 {+21.69/23 5.4 4025543} 
45. a4 {M-792/11 2.4 3472828}  Kb7 {+25.25/22 2.8 2991653}  46. a5 {M-1418/10 2.3 3583279}  d3 {+43.13/26 2.2 1940619} 
47. cxd3 {M-1529/11 2.1 3170765}  0-1

I have tried to reproduce this issue. First I modified scores from Mate scores into normal scores, say M-653 => -6.53. The PGN is as following:

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[Event "Test_2019-12-14"]
[Site "RWBC"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White 	"Fruit_21"]
[Black 	"Ethereal_1000-64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "40/120+0"]
[Time "12:33:56"]
[Board "1"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {A45: Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)}  d5
3. Bxf6 gxf6 {End of opening}  4. Nc3 {-0.03/12 3.8 4210000}  c6 {+0.16/18 3.2 3275283} 
5. Nf3 {+0.13/11 2.7 2826619}  e5 {+0.25/19 2.9 2875714}  6. dxe5 {+0.51/11 3.1 3450440}  fxe5 {+0.36/19 2.7 2746359} 
7. Qd2 {-0.25/10 5.5 6248900}  Qf6 {+0.94/19 3.2 3084705}  8. e3 {-0.28/10 2.0 2173020}  Bg4 {+0.92/21 3.7 3734650} 
9. O-O-O {-0.24/10 2.0 2117926}  Nd7 {+1.13/22 7.3 7418829}  10. Be2 {-0.26/11 3.2 3570000}  Rg8 {+1.06/23 2.3 2361115} 
11. h3 {-0.28/10 3.2 3518423}  Be6 {+1.18/22 6.4 6265717}  12. g4 {-0.65/11 3.9 4295913}  Bd6 {+1.01/22 2.7 2669119} 
13. g5 {-0.25/10 3.7 3945033}  Qe7 {+1.30/20 2.1 2066811}  14. h4 {-0.50/10 3.1 3347242}  O-O-O {+1.25/21 2.0 2032319} 
15. Kb1 {-0.68/10 2.8 3119608}  Nc5 {+1.46/20 9.1 9215878}  16. Rhg1 {-0.84/10 3.9 4365523}  Bc7 {+1.51/19 4.9 4999684} 
17. Qc1 {-0.76/10 3.6 3986779}  Kb8 {+1.63/19 1.8 1791259}  18. b3 {-0.82/10 3.0 3110000}  Bf5 {+1.78/18 2.1 2028262} 
19. Qa3 {-0.91/10 3.2 3495636}  Bd6 {+1.86/19 5.1 5126996}  20. Qb2 {-1.13/10 3.3 3622412}  Ne6 {+1.93/19 2.4 2392955} 
21. Na4 {-0.86/10 3.0 3160000}  f6 {+2.22/16 0.6 556859}  22. b4 {-1.24/9 4.5 4609921}  fxg5 {+2.59/20 3.3 3352456} 
23. Nxe5 {-1.62/10 3.5 3562304}  Nc7 {+2.78/20 2.1 2206501}  24. Nf3 {-1.59/10 3.3 3390485}  gxh4 {+2.67/20 4.0 4219755} 
25. Nd4 {-1.56/10 2.9 2890000}  Rxg1 {+2.81/20 1.6 1695358}  26. Rxg1 {-1.69/9 0.7 665768}  Bc8 {+2.97/22 3.0 3212911} 
27. Rg7 {-1.69/9 4.2 4295145}  Qf8 {+3.85/17 2.1 2216719}  28. f3 {-1.86/10 3.0 3010000}  Re8 {+4.85/18 2.5 2631958} 
29. Rxh7 {-2.55/9 2.0 1897245}  Rxe3 {+5.19/20 2.5 2869644}  30. Rh8 {-2.80/10 3.4 3555839}  Qxh8 {+6.53/20 2.6 3045376} 
31. Nxc6+ {-3.10/11 1.3 1470153}  bxc6 {+7.05/18 1.9 2193625}  32. Qxh8 {-3.16/13 2.3 2839853}  h3 {+6.66/17 1.1 1347012} 
33. Nc3 {-3.16/12 2.4 2946657}  h2 {+7.18/19 1.8 2073429}  34. Qh4 {-3.53/12 3.6 4363622}  Bg3 {+8.07/19 1.9 2212626} 
35. Qh6 {-3.81/12 3.5 4340649}  d4 {+9.16/22 2.2 2269032}  36. Ne4 {-5.80/12 2.3 2914528}  Bf4 {+9.88/22 1.8 2004159} 
37. Qxf4 {-6.11/13 3.1 4014930}  h1=Q+ {+10.08/22 1.9 1793027}  38. Kb2 {-6.32/14 4.5 5760000}  Qe1 {+10.20/23 3.7 3411334} 
39. Bc4 {-6.53/13 4.6 5760000}  Rxe4 {+10.33/23 2.7 3001828}  40. fxe4 {-6.91/13 4.8 6790000}  Qc3+ {+10.33/16 0.2 209530} 
41. Kc1 {-7.07/14 4.6 6544028}  Qxc4 {+11.31/20 4.1 4583483}  42. Qd6 {-7.24/13 3.0 4260555}  Qc3 {+12.20/22 2.3 2086164} 
43. Kb1 {-7.31/13 3.6 5220000}  Be6 {+13.08/22 3.0 2860136}  44. Qc5 {-7.53/12 3.5 5100000}  Bc4 {+21.69/23 5.4 4025543} 
45. a4 {-7.92/11 2.4 3472828}  Kb7 {+25.25/22 2.8 2991653}  46. a5 {-14.18/10 2.3 3583279}  d3 {+43.13/26 2.2 1940619} 
47. cxd3 {-15.29/11 2.1 3170765}  0-1

I copied and pasted that PGN to BSG, it looks OK as attached image:



Q: How to reproduce the issue? Did I miss something? Thanks