ChessGUI ... UCI ... Gaviota EGTB

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Matthias Gemuh
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ChessGUI ... UCI ... Gaviota EGTB

Post by Matthias Gemuh »

ChessGUI ... UCI ... Gaviota EGTB

UCI engines querry Nalimov EGTB stuff with

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option name NalimovPath type string default ...
option name NalimovCache type spin default ... min 1 max ...
Similarly, ChessGUI expects them to querry Gaviota EGTB stuff with

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option name GaviotaTbPath type string default ...
option name GaviotaTbCache type spin default ... min 1 max ...
UCI GUIs supply Nalimov EGTB stuff with

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setoption name NalimovPath value ...
setoption name NalimovCache value ...
Similarly, ChessGUI supplies Gaviota EGTB stuff with

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setoption name GaviotaTbPath value ...
setoption name GaviotaTbCache value ...

Matthias.
My engine was quite strong till I added knowledge to it.
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michiguel
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Re: ChessGUI ... UCI ... Gaviota EGTB

Post by michiguel »

Matthias Gemuh wrote:ChessGUI ... UCI ... Gaviota EGTB

UCI engines querry Nalimov EGTB stuff with

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option name NalimovPath type string default ...
option name NalimovCache type spin default ... min 1 max ...
Similarly, ChessGUI expects them to querry Gaviota EGTB stuff with

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option name GaviotaTbPath type string default ...
option name GaviotaTbCache type spin default ... min 1 max ...
UCI GUIs supply Nalimov EGTB stuff with

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setoption name NalimovPath value ...
setoption name NalimovCache value ...
Similarly, ChessGUI supplies Gaviota EGTB stuff with

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setoption name GaviotaTbPath value ...
setoption name GaviotaTbCache value ...

Matthias.
Sounds reasonable. We can keep it standardize that way.

Miguel