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-.IX Title "FMAX.6 1"
-.TH FMAX.6 1 "2009-06-05" "perl v5.8.8" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
-.SH "NAME"
-fairymax \- xboard\-compatible chess and chess\-variant engine 'Fairy\-Max'
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
-\&\fBfairymax\fR [hashSize] [iniFile]
-.PP
-\&\fBshamax\fR [hashSize] [iniFile]
-.PP
-\&\fBmaxqi\fR [hashSize] [iniFile]
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
-\&\fBfairymax\fR is a program that plays chess and chess variants.
-It uses the xboard/winboard chess-engine protocol to communicate.
-Apart from 'regular' chess (also known as the Mad-Queen variant),
-it can play Capablanca chess, gothic chess, knightmate, cylinder chess,
-berolina chess, superchess and courier chess.
-Fairy-Max can be easily configured by the user to play other variants as well,
-by modifying the ini file.
-This ini file describes the rules of movement
-of the participating pieces and the initial board setup.
-.PP
-Fairy-Max can also play shatranj,
-but in this case is not aware of the shatranj rule that a bare king loses.
-So it might play sub-optimally in the late end\-game.
-A version of Fairy-Max adapted to implement the baring rule is
-available under the name \fBshamax\fR.
-.PP
-Similarly, a version of Fairy-Max adapted to play Xiang Qi (Chinese Chess)
-is included in the fmax package as well.
-.PP
-\&\fBfairymax\fR is a derivative of the world's (once) smallest chess program
-(source\-code wise), micro\-Max.
-The latter measures less that 2000 characters, (about 100 code lines),
-and has a computer rating of around 2050 on the \s-1CCRL\s0 rating list.
-Although this is about 1000 rating points behind the world champion,
-micro-Max still makes a quite tough opponent even for club players,
-although it is not unbeatable.
-.PP
-The main difference between micro-Max and Fairy-Max is that the latter loads
-its move-generator tables, which specify how the various pieces move,
-from an external file, so it can be easily adapted to incorporate un-orthodox pieces.
-For ease of use of the artificial\-intelligence, Fairy-Max is equipped with
-I/O routines that allow it to run with the xboard graphical user interface.
-.PP
-See \fIxboard\fR\|(6) for instructions about how to use \fBfairymax\fR through xboard. To
-start up quickly, you just need the command: \fBxboard \-fcp fairymax\fR.
-However, XBoard might not support symbols for every unorthodox piece in board sizes
-different from \fBbulky\fR, \fBmiddling\fR and \fBpetite\fR.
-It might thius be adviasable to specify a board size as well, e.g.
-\&\fBxboard \-fcp shamax \-boardSize middling \-variant shatranj\fR
-to get correct display of the elephant and general pieces in shatranj.
-Note that to be able to play the chess variants,
-you will need xboard 4.3.14 or later.
-.PP
-The fmax.ini file from which Fairy-Max by default takes the piece and game definitions
-is a self-documenting text file,
-which contains instructions for how to define new pieces and chess variants.
-In addition it contains an extensive list of pre-defined pieces,
-incuding many not occurring in any of the pre-defined variants,
-which the user can draw on to define his own variants.
-.PP
-Amongst the move types supported by Fairy-Max are normal leaper and slider moves,
-(e.g. knight and rook),
-divergent moves (i.e. capture and non-capture moves can be different)
-hoppers (which jump over other pieces, such as the Chinese cannon or the grasshopper),
-lame leapers (the move of which can be blocked on squares they cannot move to,
-such as the Chinese horse and elephant),
-and any combination thereof,
-in every possible direction.
-The board width is configurable upto a width of 14 squares,
-and cylindrical boards (where left and right edge connect) are supported as well.
-.SH "OPTIONS"
-.IX Header "OPTIONS"
-.IP "\fBhashSize\fR" 8
-.IX Item "hashSize"
-If the first argument to fairymax is numeric,
-it is taken as an indicator for the amount of memory Fairy-Max is allowed to use
-for its internal hash table.
-The default value for this argument, 22, would result in a memory usage of 48MB.
-Each next-higher number doubles the memory usage, each next-lower halves it.
-Running with less than 6MB (i.e. argument 19) is not recommended.
-When fairymax is running under xboard 4.3.15 the hash-table size can be set
-through the xboard menus,
-making this argument superfluous.
-.IP "\fBiniFile\fR" 8
-.IX Item "iniFile"
-A second or non-numeric first argument is taken as a filename.
-Fairy-max will use the mentioned file in stead of its default fmax.ini file
-to define the movement of pieces and initial setup of the variants.
-This makes it easier to define your own variants.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
-\&\fIxboard\fR\|(6)
-.PP
-http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSfairy\-max
-.PP
-http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/max\-src2.html
-.PP
-http://www.open\-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?t=49439
-.SH "AUTHOR"
-.IX Header "AUTHOR"
-\&\fBFairy-Max\fR was written by H.G.Muller <h.g.muller@hccnet.nl>.
-.PP
-This manual page was generated with \fIpod2man\fR\|(1).
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