From: manabu.terao <at> mx3 <dot> ttcn <dot> ne <dot> jp
Date: 17 feb 2007
Subject: RE: First draft of the Universal Shogi Interface (USI)


Hello Tord and shogi-l subscribers,

The person who input the comment in my blog agreed that "info" 
command can be used in case that mate exists in a spesific position.
However, he wrote that the information in case of "No mate" should
be transferred as well in consideration of the usage of tsumeshogi
problem solving.

He added that there did not seem to be a command for the GUI to 
transfer the result at the end of a game to the engine. He said 
it would be necessary. Furthermore, he wrote there did not seem 
to be a command of informing the GUI about the resignation from
the engine. It should be added as well.

Manabu

> > Several other inputs came to my blog after traslating your draft into
> > Japanese.
> >
> > The usage of Shogi software includes not only playing a game but
> > also solving tsume problems or finding if there are mates in a
> > specific position. It does not seem that your draft has defined how
> > to send back information whether there are mates or not from Engine
> > to GUI. This might be added.
> 
> If you look closely, this information is already there.  Look in
> section 5.3, under the command "info".  The engine can give numeric
> scores by sending commands like "info score cp 139", or mate scores by
> sending commands like "info score mate 7" (if the program is winning)
> or "info score mate -6" (if the program is losing).

> Tord
> 


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