Quote from Lars Nowak on December 27, 2019, 7:24 pm

Hello,

I have just released version 1.2.2.

This fixes a bug if you have configured "Analyze" and a UCI engine in the Certabo engine and have run this under Fritz.

Regards,

Lars

Quote from Lars Nowak on January 1, 2020, 10:13 pm

Hello and a happy new year!

I have just released version 1.3.0.

It implements the conversion of a pawn to a second queen, if you have already a queen on the chessboard.

The first time the conversion takes about a second to recognize the new figure, but the code of the new figure is stored permanently and works immediately the next time.

Regards,

Lars

Quote from bryan.whitby on January 21, 2020, 4:14 pm

Hi Lars

I can't work out how to make a take back a move using Shredder. Any suggestions?

Regards

Bryan

 

Quote from Lars Nowak on January 21, 2020, 9:06 pm

Quote from bryan.whitby on January 21, 2020, 4:14 pm

Hi Lars

I can't work out how to make a take back a move using Shredder. Any suggestions?

Regards

Bryan

 

Hi Bryan,

I guess, this is not possible. From the GUI perspective, you are an engine and an engine is not allowed to take back a move.

Regards,

Lars

Quote from bryan.whitby on January 22, 2020, 2:21 pm

Hi Lars

Well I guess that in a human game of chess, you cannot take back 🙂

Thanks for the reply.

Regards

Bryan

Quote from bryan.whitby on January 24, 2020, 1:04 pm

Hi Lars

Have you tried the Banksia GUI yet?

https://banksiagui.com/

It won't recognise Certabo UCI as a engine!

Regards

Bryan

Quote from Lars Nowak on January 25, 2020, 11:50 am

Quote from bryan.whitby on January 24, 2020, 1:04 pm

Hi Lars

Have you tried the Banksia GUI yet?

https://banksiagui.com/

It won't recognise Certabo UCI as a engine!

Regards

Bryan

Hi Bryan,

not yet. The download page provides only the C++ source code. I have no C++ compiler installed.

Can do you give me an executable version?

Regards,

Lars

Quote from hari on January 26, 2020, 7:51 pm

The prerelease binaries can be found here: https://banksiagui.com/preview-versions/

Quote from Lars Nowak on January 26, 2020, 8:47 pm

Quote from hari on January 26, 2020, 7:51 pm

The prerelease binaries can be found here: https://banksiagui.com/preview-versions/

Ok, thank you!

I tried it and the GUI has no problem to identify the engine. No problem with the .NET either with the Core version.

But the problem is rather how the GUI deals with the engines. If you have installed or loaded the engine, the GUI will not release the engine program but load a second instance if you select "New Game".

Let me give you an example: You want to play a game between "Certabo" and another UCI engine, e.g. Komodo. Set them as your opponent. Close the GUI and open it again. If you take a look at the Windows task manager, you will see that both engines are loaded. If you press "Play" immediately, everything works fine.

But if you press "New Game" first, you can see in the Windows Task Manager that a second instance of the engines is loaded for a short time. This is fatal for the Certabo engine, because the handling with two engines at the serial port is not yet rebust enough. I don't know why the GUI is doing this because the engines already loaded. It may be changed by a later release.

Regards,

Lars