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.IX Title "POLYGLOT 6"
-.TH POLYGLOT 6 "2009-01-10" "" ""
+.TH POLYGLOT 6 "2009-07-26" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
PolyGlot \- Winboard protocol to UCI protocol adapter
\- book engine for Polyglot books
- \- a collection of utilities for creating opening books
+ \- a collection of utilities for creating and analyzing opening books
\- a utility for analyzing epd files
\- a perft counter
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
polyglot [configfile]
.PP
+polyglot \-ec engine
+.PP
polyglot make-book [\-pgn inputfile] [\-bin outputfile] [\-max\-ply ply] [\-min\-game games] [\-min\-score score] [\-only\-white] [\-only\-black] [\-uniform]
.PP
polyglot merge-book \-in1 inputfile1 \-in2 inputfile2 [\-out outputfile]
.PP
+polyglot info-book [\-bin inputfile] [\-exact]
+.PP
+polyglot dumb-book [\-bin inputfile] \-color color [\-out outputfile]
+.PP
polyglot [configfile] epd-test [\-epd inputfile] [\-min\-depth depth] [\-max\-depth depth] [\-max\-time time] [\-depth\-delta delta]
.PP
polyglot perft [\-fen fen] [\-max\-depth depth]
When in \s-1UCI\s0 mode PolyGlot mostly passes commands from the \s-1GUI\s0
to the engine and vice versa, except that it will play book moves on
behalf of the engine when the occasion arises.
+.PP
+The engine options are exported as \s-1UCI\s0 options in \s-1UCI\s0
+mode and as \*(L"feature option=\*(R" commands in xboard mode. The latter form
+an extension of the xboard protocol as defined by H.G. Muller.
+.PP
+Options which normally appear in the [PolyGlot] section of the
+config file (see below) are exported as options with their name prefixed
+by \*(L"Polyglot\*(R". This makes it easy to filter them in the \s-1GUI\s0.
+.PP
+\&\s-1NOTE:\s0 Not all options are exported, only those that make sense in the
+given mode.
.Sh "Book making utilities"
.IX Subsection "Book making utilities"
PolyGlot supports the \*(L"PolyGlot opening book format\*(R". This is the
by their own GUIs.
.PP
PolyGlot can compile a pgn file into a binary PolyGlot book and furthermore
-it can merge two such binary books into a third one.
+it can merge two such binary books into a third one.
+.PP
+PolyGlot can also extract some useful information from PolyGlot books. The utility
+\&\*(L"dump\-book\*(R" dumps the \*(L"lines\*(R" in a book for a given color. By definition
+a line is a sequence of moves (from the starting position) in which
+the given color makes only book moves and the other color makes
+arbitrary moves (i.e. not necessarily book moves).
+.PP
+Since a PolyGlot book is built up from positions and not lines there
+may be (and there usually are) many positions in the book that are not
+on a \*(L"line\*(R" as defined in the previous paragraph. It is convenient
+to call such positions \*(L"isolated\*(R" positions. The utility \*(L"info\-book\*(R"
+counts such isolated positions.
+.PP
+Some of the isolated positions are provably unreachable and they
+could in principle be deleted from the book. For example if a book
+contains only the move \*(L"e4\*(R" in the starting position but also the
+position after \*(L"d4 d5\*(R" then this last position is provably unreachable
+since it requires white to make a non-book move when a book move is
+available. Such situations arise frequently from the priority rules
+in merging books.
+.PP
+Unfortunately not all isolated positions are provably unreachable and
+it is difficult to identify the latter. If invoked with \*(L"\-exact\*(R" the
+utility info-book will attempt to count the isolated positions which
+require a player to make a non-book move when a book move is available.
+Due to the possibility of transpositions this is not a fool proof method.
.Sh "Epd test mode"
.IX Subsection "Epd test mode"
In epd test mode, PolyGlot will search positions in an epd file and
default config file is \*(L"polyglot.ini\*(R".
.PP
When invoked as
+.Sh "polyglot \-ec engine"
+.IX Subsection "polyglot -ec engine"
+PolyGlot simply starts \*(L"engine\*(R" and acts as an adapter. No config file
+is used and thus it is expected that all properties will be set by the
+\&\s-1GUI\s0.
+.PP
+When invoked as
.Sh "polyglot make-book"
.IX Subsection "polyglot make-book"
PolyGlot supports the following options
words when a position occurs both in \*(L"in1\*(R" and \*(L"in2\*(R" only the
moves and weights from \*(L"in1\*(R" will be retained in \*(L"out\*(R".
.PP
+When invoked
+as
+.Sh "polyglot dump-book"
+.IX Subsection "polyglot dump-book"
+PolyGlot supports the following options
+.IP "\fB\-bin\fR (default: book.bin)" 4
+.IX Item "-bin (default: book.bin)"
+Input file in PolyGlot book format.
+.IP "\fB\-color\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-color"
+The color for whom to generate the lines.
+.IP "\fB\-out\fR (default: book_<color>.txt)" 4
+.IX Item "-out (default: book_<color>.txt)"
+The name of the output file.
+.PP
+When invoked
+as
+.Sh "polyglot info-book"
+.IX Subsection "polyglot info-book"
+PolyGlot supports the following options
+.IP "\fB\-bin\fR (default: book.bin)" 4
+.IX Item "-bin (default: book.bin)"
+Input file in PolyGlot book format.
+.IP "\fB\-exact\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-exact"
+Attempt to count the provably unreachable positions among the isolated ones.
+Note that this takes a very long time.
+.PP
When invoked as
.Sh "polyglot epd-test"
.IX Subsection "polyglot epd-test"
Unconditionally stop the seach after this amount of time.
.IP "\fB\-depth\-delta\fR (default: 3)" 4
.IX Item "-depth-delta (default: 3)"
-Stop the search if the best move has been constant for this many depths,
-on condition that the mininal depth and minimal time have been reached.
+Stop the search if the solution as been found and the best move has
+been constant for this many depths, on condition that the mininal
+depth and minimal time have been reached.
.IP "\fB\-min\-depth\fR (default: 8)" 4
.IX Item "-min-depth (default: 8)"
Minimal search depth when the search is stopped using \*(L"\-depth\-delta\*(R".
\& ...
.Ve
.PP
-Lines starting with \*(L"#\*(R" are ignored.
+The characters \*(L"#\*(R" and \*(L";\*(R" serve as comment characters.
.PP
\&\s-1NOTE:\s0 There can be spaces in option names or values. Do not use
quotes. Boolean values are written as \*(L"true\*(R" or \*(L"false\*(R".
.IX Item "ShowPonder (default: true)"
Show search information during engine pondering. Turning this off
might be better for interactive use in some interfaces.
+.IP "\fBScoreWhite\fR (default: true)" 4
+.IX Item "ScoreWhite (default: true)"
+Report score from white's point of view in xboard mode.
.IP "\fBKibitzMove\fR (default: false)" 4
.IX Item "KibitzMove (default: false)"
Whether to kibitz when playing a move.
How many seconds to wait before starting kibitzing. This has an
effect only if \*(L"KibitzPV\*(R" is selected, move kibitzes are always sent
regardless of the delay.
+.IP "\fBKibitzInterval\fR (default: 0)" 4
+.IX Item "KibitzInterval (default: 0)"
+This is another form of throttling. PolyGlot will usually wait this
+many seconds before doing the next kibitz.
.IP "\fB\s-1UCI\s0\fR (default: false)" 4
.IX Item "UCI (default: false)"
If true PolyGlot will not understand xboard commands.
+.IP "\fBChess960\fR (default: false)" 4
+.IX Item "Chess960 (default: false)"
+Play Chess960 (also called Fischer Random Chess or \s-1FRC\s0),
+.IP "\fBMateScore\fR (default: 10000)" 4
+.IX Item "MateScore (default: 10000)"
+Mate score reported to \s-1GUI\s0 when in xboard mode.
.IP "\fBBook\fR (default: false)" 4
.IX Item "Book (default: false)"
Indicates whether a PolyGlot book should be used. This has no effect
book will be used whenever PolyGlot is out of book. Remember that
PolyGlot is unaware of whether the engine is itself using a book or
not.
-.IP "\fBChess960\fR (default: false)" 4
-.IX Item "Chess960 (default: false)"
-Play Chess960 (also called Fischer Random Chess or \s-1FRC\s0),
-.IP "\fBMateScore\fR (default: 10000)" 4
-.IX Item "MateScore (default: 10000)"
-Mate score reported to \s-1GUI\s0 when in xboard mode.
.IP "\fBBookFile\fR (default: book.bin)" 4
.IX Item "BookFile (default: book.bin)"
The name of the (binary) book file. Note that PolyGlot will look for
it in the directory it was launched from, not in the engine directory.
Of course, full path can be used in which case the current directory
does not matter.
-.Sp
-\&\s-1NOTE:\s0 When using PolyGlot with a \s-1UCI\s0 \s-1GUI\s0 this parameter can be set
-via the \s-1UCI\s0 option \*(L"Polyglot BookFile\*(R".
.IP "\fBBookRandom\fR (default: true)" 4
.IX Item "BookRandom (default: true)"
Select moves according to their weights in the book. If false the move
.IX Item "RepeatPV (default: true)"
When true, PolyGlot repeats the last pv string (which also contains
score,depth and time usage) it got from the engine. Some engines
-however do not send a new pv string just before sending the move and
-the now old pv string might confuse debugtools that parse the winboard
-debug files.
+however do not send a new pv string just before sending the move.
+In that case the output of PolyGlot would be inconsistent.
+When RepeatPV is false PolyGlot does not repeat the last pv string.
+Due to the way kibitzing is implemented, KibitzMove is disabled in that case.
.Sh "[Engine] section"
.IX Subsection "[Engine] section"
This section contains engine \s-1UCI\s0 options. PolyGlot does not
\& polyglot make\-book \-pgn games.pgn \-bin book.bin \-max\-ply 30
.Ve
.PP
-Merge books \*(L"in1.bin\*(R" and \*(L"in2.bin\*(R" into a book \*(L"out.bin\*(R".
+Merge books \*(L"w1.bin\*(R" and \*(L"w2.bin\*(R" into a book \*(L"w.bin\*(R".
.PP
.Vb 1
\& polyglot merge\-book \-in1 w1.bin \-in2 w2.bin \-out w.bin
.Ve
.PP
-Here is a minimal config file
+Inspect lines for white in \*(L"w.bin\*(R"
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\& polyglot dump\-book \-bin w.bin \-color white \-out w_white.txt
+.Ve
+.PP
+Test epd file \*(L"test.epd\*(R" with a (maximum) search time of 7 minutes per position
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\& polyglot epd\-test \-epd test.epd \-max\-time 420
+.Ve
+.PP
+The command line for using the \s-1UCI\s0 engine \*(L"fruit\*(R" in a \s-1GUI\s0 which uses the
+xboard protocol.
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\& polyglot \-ec fruit
+.Ve
+.PP
+The equivalent config file:
.PP
.Vb 3
\& [PolyGlot]
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