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- Chesstool interface
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- save - save game to file
- test - no - op
- remove - take back 2 half-moves
- exit
- resign
- first - machine first
- restore - opposite of save
- clock - print white and black clock
- white
- black
- hshort - give hint
- score - list moves
- setup - setup board. never quit figured setup out. should be like xboard but ???
- repeat - show last move
- a2a4 - move in algebraic format
- o-o
- o-o-o
- e7e8 - pawn promotion always to queen
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- xboard
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- See gnuchess manual page for all options that might be set in startup string.
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- easy - don't compute while opponent moves. must be set for xboard
- save - save game to file
- get - read position from gnuchess savefile
- undo - undo 1 half move
- remove - undo 2 half moves
- xget - read position from xboard save file
- setup - setup board with subcommands:
- # - clear board
- c - change sides
- . - end setup
- pa4 - put pawn at a4
- black - machine black
- white - machine white
- go - tells machine to move first gnuchess3.1+ or gnuchess only
- hint - give hint
- time - tell chess program the clock values gnuchess only
- otherwise its hard to keep the clocks in sync.
- post - include PV with each move as in:
- 3. h2h4 -7 d7d5 e4d5 d8d5 b1c3
- a2a4 - move in algebraic format
- o-o
- o-o-o
- e7e8 - pawn promotion always to queen
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- so game looks like this:
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- Chess Always first response from xboard or chess
- e2e4 human move
- 1. e2e4 move is echoed back by machine
- 1. ... e7e5 machine move
- a2a4 human move
- 2. a2a4 echo
- 2. ... g8f6 machine move
- post if post is set
- b2b3 human move
- 3. b2b3 -16 g8f6 g1f3 echo back with computer predicted best line and score
- 3. ... f6e4 machine move
- b1c3
- 4. b1c3 -102 f6e4 g1f3
- 4. ... e4c3
- quit
- 5. quit -141 e4c3 d2c3 d7d5
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