Engine match dialog
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