Remco Gerlich wrote: > > First: when running an engine for infinite analysis, there is > apparently an "x" keypress that makes the engine consider the current > position _with the other side to move_. It basically analyzes "if I do > nothing here, what can my opponent do?", so it looks for threats. The > process you as a player use to look for good moves is very different > depending on whether the opponent is threatening something nasty, and > computer moves are easier to understand if you understand what was > being threatened. So that sounds very useful to me, and the book > presents it as basically the most fruitful way to use an engine when > analyzing. This is a very very smart idea! I like it! > > The other thing builds on that -- you can enter a "null move" in a > game, so basically the move switches to the other side. Then you can > analyze as normal from there. So you can use this to play through and > analyze what is being threatened. Scid have so many hidden things! You can enter a null move dragging the king over the other king. I practically never used it and i even thought: "why did Shane wrote this code?" Now i understand.... In any case, in my opinion, a button inside the analysis window will be much more user friendly. Bye, Fulvio
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