Make new XBoard mate-score convention default

XBoard now uses 100000+DTM as matescore; this encoding will be used
when the Polyglot MateSCore option is set to 0, which is the new
default value.

diff --git a/option.c b/option.c
index 5784e1d..9e83126 100644 (file)
--- a/option.c
+++ b/option.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ option_t DefaultOptions[] = {
     { "HandleDraws",      "check","0","0",      "false"     , NULL,0,NNB,  PG|XBOARD|XBSEL}, 
     { "ContemptScore",    "spin","0","10000",   "30"        , NULL,0,NNB,  PG|XBOARD|XBSEL}, 
 
-    { "MateScore",        "spin","0","100000",  "10000"     , NULL,0,NNB,  PG|XBOARD}, 
+    { "MateScore",        "spin","0","100000",  "0"         , NULL,0,NNB,  PG|XBOARD}, 
 
     { "Book",             "check","0","0",      "false"     , NULL,0,NNB,  PG|XBOARD|XBSEL|UCI}, 
     { "BookFile",         "file","0","0",       "book.bin"  , NULL,0,NNB,  PG|XBOARD|XBSEL|UCI}, 

diff --git a/polyglot.pod b/polyglot.pod
index faffa1a..7b82121 100644 (file)
--- a/polyglot.pod
+++ b/polyglot.pod
@@ -486,9 +486,11 @@ many seconds before doing the next kibitz.
 
 If true PolyGlot will not understand xboard commands. 
 
-=item B<MateScore> (default: 10000)
+=item B<MateScore> (default: 0)
 
 Mate score reported to GUI when in xboard mode.
+When set to 0 it uses the new CECP convention of reporting 100000 + N
+for mate in N moves, and -(100000 + N) for mated in N.
 
 =item B<Book> (default: false)
 

diff --git a/uci.c b/uci.c
index 0675320..2cd57e5 100644 (file)
--- a/uci.c
+++ b/uci.c
@@ -953,13 +953,17 @@ static void parse_score(uci_t * uci, const char string[]) {
 
 static int mate_score(int dist) {
 
+   int ms = option_get_int(Option,"MateScore");
+
    ASSERT(dist!=0);
 
    if (FALSE) {
+   } else if (ms == 0) {
+       return (dist > 0 ? 100000 + dist : -100000 + dist);
    } else if (dist > 0) {
-       return +option_get_int(Option,"MateScore") - (+dist) * 2 + 1;
+       return +ms - (+dist) * 2 + 1;
    } else if (dist < 0) {
-       return -option_get_int(Option,"MateScore") + (-dist) * 2;
+       return -ms + (-dist) * 2;
    }
 
    return 0;