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Jim Cumming (jimcu@microsoft.com) wrote:
: Would someone mind providing me with a one or two line description of the options 
: available with GNU Chess 3.1? I'm actually using the version ported to Windows (1.01). 
: The selections I'm unsure of include:
: - Force;
: - Tone;
: - Test Speed;
: - Hash;
: - Both;
: - Book;
: - A Window;
: - B Window;
: - Contempt
: - Easy;
: - Random;
: - Depth;

Force:  To allow you to enter moves for both sides.
Tone:   ?? (probably some beep sound)
Test Speed:  To determine the program speed at generating the Movelist
and CaptureList.  (not normally used).
Hash:   To turn on/off the transposition table.
Both:   To let GNU play against itself.
A Window:  To set the alpha window (leave it alone, unless you know what
you are doing).
B Window:  To set the beta window. (see above).
Contempt:  Setting this to 1 means that if gnu is 1 pawn ahead, it
thinks that it is merely drawing and not winning. (or is it 100?)
Leaving it at zero is best. 
Easy:     To turn on/off computer thinking on opponent's time.
Random:   To add some randomness into the choosing of the best move.
Depth:    To set the depth limit for the search.

Regards.

Chua KS