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# Chess engine configuration file for Chess Giants.
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; Chess engine configuration file for Chess Giants.
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# Chess Giants is engine-agnostic, which means it can handle any CECP-compliant
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; Chess Giants is engine-agnostic, which means it can handle any CECP-compliant
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# engine, and virtually any state-based engine that communicates using newline-
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; engine, and virtually any state-based engine that communicates using newline-
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# terminated ASCII strings over standard IO (stdin/stdout). All it needs is to
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; terminated ASCII strings over standard IO (stdin/stdout). All it needs is to
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# read this configuration file to learn how to talk to the engine, and how to
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; read this configuration file to learn how to talk to the engine, and how to
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# interpret the engine's replies.
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; interpret the engine's replies.
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# IMPORTANT: UCI engines are "stateless" engines. These engines work in a very
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# different way and therefore an adapter program such as Polyglot must be used.
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# Here is an example of how a UCI engine can be used with Chess Giants thanks
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# to the Polyglot protocol converter (see also the polyglot.ini file).
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#############################
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;#############################
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# Basic program information #
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;# Basic program information #
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#############################
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;#############################
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[program]
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[program]
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; program display name
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; program display name
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name = "Texel 1.05"
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name = "Texel 1.05"
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; program executable
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; program executable
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executable = "polyglot.exe"
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executable = "texel.exe"
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; optional program arguments
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; optional program arguments
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arguments = ""
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arguments = ""
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#########################
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;#########################
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# Reply string patterns #
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;# Reply string patterns #
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#########################
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;#########################
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[reply strings]
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[reply strings]
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; the following pattern immediately precedes a SAN-encoded move reply
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; the following pattern immediately precedes a SAN-encoded move reply
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move = "move "
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move = "bestmove "
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###################
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;##################################################
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# Engine commands #
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;# Engine commands (separate each by a semicolon) #
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###################
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;##################################################
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[commands]
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[commands]
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; Special strings: some strings enclosed between ${...} are converted during
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; the game to dynamic values. We call this "variables". Here is the list:
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; ${MAX_CORES} -- will be expanded to the maximum number of CPU cores to use
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; ${CURRENT_POS} -- will be expanded to the full FEN string of the current pos
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; ${SEARCH_DEPTH} -- will be expanded to the maximum allowed search depth
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; ${LAST_MOVE} -- will be expanded to the last move in long algebraic notation
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; ${GAME_HISTORY} -- will be expanded to the game history in long algebraic
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; command(s) to send to prepare the engine for a new game
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; command(s) to send to prepare the engine for a new game
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new game = "new"
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new game = "uci;ucinewgame;setoption name Threads value ${MAX_CORES}"
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; command(s) to send to setup a board (%s replaced by a raw FEN string)
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; command(s) to send to setup a board (using a raw FEN string)
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setup table from fen = "setboard %s"
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setup table from fen = "position ${CURRENT_POS}"
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; command(s) to send to set the max search depth (%d replaced by an integer value)
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search depth set = "sd %d"
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; command(s) to send to order the engine to start playing (when switching sides)
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; command(s) to send to order the engine to start playing (when switching sides)
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play = "go"
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play = "position startpos moves ${GAME_HISTORY};go depth ${SEARCH_DEPTH}"
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; command(s) to send to instruct the engine that its opponent played a specific
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; command(s) to send to instruct the engine that its opponent played a move
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; move (%s replaced by a 'b1c3'-style encoded move string)
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move = "position startpos moves ${GAME_HISTORY};go depth ${SEARCH_DEPTH}"
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move = "%s"
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; command(s) to send to order the engine to discard its preferred move and play
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; command(s) to send to order the engine to change its last move and force one
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; a specific move instead (%s replaced by a 'b1c3'-style encoded move string)
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force move = "force;undo;%s;playother"
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force move = ""
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; command(s) to send to tell the chess engine to cleanup and quit. if unset,
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; command(s) to send to tell the chess engine to cleanup and quit. if unset,
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; its process will be killed, but at the risk of not saving important data.
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; its process will be killed, but at the risk of not saving important data.
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quit = "quit"
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quit = "quit"