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Chess

Guides

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  • StartEngine

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Wolfram`Chess`
Engine
​
Engine
[...]
is a symbolic representation of a running instance of a chess engine.
​
Details and Options

Examples  
(1)
Basic Examples  
(1)
Start the default engine shipped with the paclet:
In[95]:=
engine=
StartEngine
[]
Out[95]=
Engine
Name: Arasan 24.2.2
PID: 2362

Get engine options:
In[97]:=
engine["Options"]//Dataset
Out[97]=
Name
Type
Default
Min
Max
Hash
spin
32
4
64000
Ponder
check
true
—
—
Contempt
spin
0
-200
200
MultiPV
spin
1
1
10
OwnBook
check
true
—
—
BookPath
string
/Users/johnd/Library/Wolfram/Paclets/Repository/Wolfram__Chess-1.1.2/LibraryResources/MacOSX-x86-64/book.bin
—
—
Favor frequent book moves
spin
50
0
100
Favor best book moves
spin
50
0
100
Favor high-weighted book moves
spin
100
0
100
Randomize book moves
spin
50
0
100
Threads
spin
1
1
256
Position learning
check
false
—
—
Learning file
string
/Users/johnd/.arasan.lrn
—
—
UCI_LimitStrength
check
false
—
—
UCI_Elo
spin
3450
1000
3450
Use NNUE
check
true
—
—
NNUE file
string
—
—
—
Move overhead
spin
30
0
1000
Evaluate a position using the engine:
In[98]:=
EngineEvaluate
["2kr1b1r/ppp2ppp/2n2n2/3p1b2/3P1N2/q1P1B3/PP1NQPPP/2KR1B1R w - - 0 1",engine]
Out[98]=
Best movee2b5,Pondera3a2,Depth20,Score-2.57,Time
1597
ms
,Line{e2b5,a3a2,f1d3,f5d3,f4d3,a7a6,b5b3,a2b3,d2b3,d8e8,e3f4,f6e4,d1e1,f8d6,f4d6,e4d6,d3f4,c6e7,b3c5,c7c6,f4d3,e7g6,c1c2,e8e1,h1e1,h8e8}
Quit the engine:
In[99]:=
QuitEngine
[engine]
SeeAlso
StartEngine
 
▪
QuitEngine
 
▪
EngineEvaluate
RelatedGuides
▪
Chess
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