The Engine match dialog allows you to set up a match between two engines.

Engine match Basic tab


Engines:

You can set the engines to play White and Black and configure their settings.


You can select the book each engine will use:


You can set an Elo limit for each engine if you want but of course that will weaken the play.


Time Control:

Select the time control to use:


Games:
Starting position: You select the starting position for the games:

  • Standard is the standard opening position
  • Current is the current position shown in the tab you launch New engine match from
  • Subsequent from chosen database will take the end position from a test database and play using these in sequence 
  • Random from database will take a random position from the chosen database for each game


Database:
Choose database to use as starting positions for the match (only applicable to last two options above).


Rounds:
Set the number of ronds to play in the match and if you want to reverse colours after each game.



Engine match Advanced tab



Memory:

Choose the hash table for each engine to use and the Nalimov cache size


Match details:

Choose the type of information to save with each move:


Enable adjudication for HCE-Pro to decide when each game result if determined - this saves time in drawn games and when it is clear one side is going to win.


Event:
Set the title of the match