Re: [Scidvspc-users] Chess960

2015-09-27 Thread Ashwin Sewambar
chess960 would be a great addition, and well, I'm really a beginner when it comes to software/programming and such (not to chess though), but if you need someone to do some testing I might be of some help. I might need a bit of guidance of how to report errors and basic stuff like that. Apparen

Re: [Scidvspc-users] Chess960

2015-09-26 Thread Steve A
You're welcome to have a go Patrik. I have updated the chess960 patch in the "patches" directory with a few tweaks, including trying to set UCI_Chess960 properly. But getting this going is very tough. Like Gregor said - because Scid's main functionality is as a database, it is much more complicat

Re: [Scidvspc-users] Chess960

2015-09-25 Thread mrx
Hi, I would be interested in giving it a try. Though the knowledge level of the code base you hint is required to do this is far above mine. Thanks for your prompt answer! // Patrik Den 25 sep 2015 17:58 skrev "Gregor Cramer" : > Hi Patrik, > > > What is the internal move generator used for? >

Re: [Scidvspc-users] Chess960

2015-09-25 Thread Gregor Cramer
Hi Patrik, > What is the internal move generator used for? 1. Validation of the move on the board. The current validation does not allow to play Chess960 castlings (except if king is on e, and the rooks are on a,h). 2. Computation of move suggestions, this feature facilitates move input on the

Re: [Scidvspc-users] Chess960

2015-09-25 Thread mrx
Hi Gregor, I'm not at all familiar with the code base yet so please do forgive my questions if they seem unenlightened. What is the internal move generator used for? Is it just the castling rules that are missing from the internal move generator? What is the opening tree used for when i play ag

Re: [Scidvspc-users] Chess960

2015-09-25 Thread Gregor Cramer
Hi Patrik, > I would like to play Chess960 in Scid vs. PC but the feature is not worked > on as i understand it. Yes, Scid vs PC does not support Chess960: 1. The quite complicated castling rules are not implemented. The implementation of these rules has more impact than only the change of one

[Scidvspc-users] Chess960

2015-09-25 Thread mrx
Hi, I would like to play Chess960 in Scid vs. PC but the feature is not worked on as i understand it. I'm trying to understand where the limitation really is. Given you have a chess engine that supports Chess960, like stockfish, and you configure the engine to work in Chess960 mode. If you would