From d1e726ed4ad3c7753d4d4427eb9ec4205d7f16e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: H.G. Muller Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:59:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update man file for multi-PV --- fmax.6.pod | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fmax.6.pod b/fmax.6.pod index 5319169..6acae53 100644 --- a/fmax.6.pod +++ b/fmax.6.pod @@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ 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. +Fairymax supports multi-PV mode: by specifying a non-zero multi-PV margin in the +Options -> Engine-Settings dialog of XBoard, Fairy-Max will not only print the +principal variation for the best move, but also for every move that approaches +the score of this best move to within the set margin. +(If it does not find the best move on the first try, this might lead to printing +of a few extra lines below the threshold.) + 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. -- 1.7.0.4