Select moves according to their weights in the book. If false the
move with the highest weight is selected.
- BookLearn (default: false)
- Record learning information in the opening book. Naturally this
- requires the opening book to be writable.
+ BookRandom (default: true)
+ Select moves according to their weights in the book. If false the
+ move with the highest weight is selected.
+
+ BookDepth (default: 256)
+ Stop using the book after this number of moves.
+
+ BookTreshold (default: 5)
+ Do not play moves with a weight (probability) lower than this (in
+ per mil).
UseNice (default: false)
Run the engine at nice level 5, or "NiceValue" if it set. On some
only when necessary. Their purpose is to try to hide problems with
various software (not just engines).
- IMPORTANT: Any of these work arounds might be removed in future
- versions of PolyGlot. You are strongly recommended to contact the
- author of faulty software and truly fix the problem.
+ IMPORTANT: Any of these work arounds might be removed in future ver-
+ sions of PolyGlot. You are strongly recommended to contact the author
+ of faulty software and truly fix the problem.
PolyGlot supports the following work arounds:
case.
WbWorkArounds (default: true)
- The intention of this option is to provide work arounds for
- xboard/winboard bugs should they arise. Currently it decapitalizes
- the word Draw in options that contain this word. Some versions of
+ The intention of these options is to provide work arounds for
+ xboard/winboard bugs should they arise. This one decapitalizes the
+ word Draw in options that contain this word. Some versions of
xboard/winboard contain a bug which causes such options to be
interpreted as draw claims by the engine.
Engines that send options with "Draw" in their name are Rybka and
HIARCS.
+ WbWorkArounds2 (default: false)
+ Old version of Winboard clear the engine output window at depth 1.
+ With this work around PG will send info lines at depth >=2. This
+ may or may not improve the display.
+
[Engine] section
This section contains engine UCI options. PolyGlot does not understand
- 2009-08-07 POLYGLOT(6)
+ 2009-08-13 POLYGLOT(6)