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Chesstool interface
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
xboard
See gnuchess manual page for all options that might be set in startup string.
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
so game looks like this:
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