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This first public beta of Smirf (about 1.3 MB) is unrestricted until 2005/06/30.

Of course this program is subject to further improvements.

http://de.geocities.com/rsmuenchen/SmirfBeta.zip

Comments are welcomed.

Regards, Reinhard.

Hello,

When I try to download it, I get:

Diese Website ist momentan nicht verf?gbar
Die aufgerufene Web-Site hat die Anzahl der m?glichen Abrufe ?berschritten.

Der Zugriff auf diese Site wird innerhalb der n?chsten Stunde wieder m?glich sein. Versuchen Sie es dann bitte erneut.

Any other URL?

Pallav

I was able to download it now.

Pallav

TMCI interface specification...
Is it available?

Of course is the TCMI draft available. But it is not yet completely defined.
I copy it as it is, may be some German language relicts could be found.

Reinhard.

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extern "C" __declspec(IMP_EXP) const char * __c DoCmd(
  char MainCmd, char SubCmd, int nrIn = 0, const char *pIn = 0L);

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  TMCI protocol (Third Millennium Chess Interface) [ incomplete draft ]

  The protocol is intended to keep the GUI realy silly. The GUI
  gets all its knowlegde on chess moves from the engines. This
  makes those GUIs much easier to be extended to new variants,
  and also allows an easier writing of such GUIs. 
 

  COMMANDS (please discuss planned extensions with R. Scharnagl)

  How to perform any command:

  (DoCmd args)      (DoCmd answer)

   '*' '*' ** ** => char string "<answer>" rsp. "ok" at success
                    (and stop any engine run task, if necessary)
                 => otherwise 0L, if impossible or after errors
                    (query last error reason by: DoCmd('I','R'))

  (ALREADY DONE)

  Query:
   '?' '*' -- -- => list of all sub commands to any main command '*'
   '?' '?' -- -- => list of all main commands

  Info:
   'I' 'A' -- -- => name of the author
   'I' 'E' -- -- => name of the engine
   'I' 'V' -- -- => version of the engine
   'I' 'R' -- -- => reason (of the last error situation)

  FEN-Position:
   'F' 'S' -- -- => produce the FEN char string matching the
                    current situation
   'F' '8' nr -- => produce the FEN char string to a numbered
                    FRC 8x8 starting position (<nr> 1...960)
                    (or else 0L, when not FRC 8x8 aware)
            0 -- => produce the FEN char string to
                    the classical 8x8 chess starting array
                    (or else 0L, when not standard 8x8 aware)
   'F' 'C' nr vv => produce the FEN char string to a numbered (not
                    selected) CRC 10x8 starting position (<nr> 1...48000)
                    (or else 0L, when not CRC 10x8 aware if vv != 0L)
            0 -- => produce the FEN char string to
                    the Capablanca 10x8 chess starting array
                    (or else 0L, when not Capablanca 10x8 aware)
           -1 -- => produce the FEN char string to
                    the Bird 10x8 chess starting array
                    (or else 0L, when not Bird 10x8 aware)
           -2 -- => produce the FEN char string to
                    the Carrera 10x8 chess starting array
                    (or else 0L, when not Carrera 10x8 aware)
           -3 -- => produce the FEN char string to
                    the GothicChess 10x8 chess starting array
                    (or else 0L, when not GothicChess 10x8 aware)
           -4 -- => produce the FEN char string to
                    the Janus Chess 10x8 chess starting array
                    (or else 0L, when not Janus Chess 10x8 aware)

  Move:
   'M' 'A' nr -- => show the currently prepared move <nr> in
                    algebraic form (letter, digit, letter, digit, extra),
                    source before target, where extra is the lower promotion
                    piece code (English) or 'k', when king's castling has
                    to be distinguished from another king's move.
                    (or else 0L, when move <nr> does not exist)
                    This codes are sent back to the engine in case that
                    moves would be selected.
   'M' 'T' nr -- => show the currently prepared move <nr> as long text
                    (e.g. "e4xf5+", "O-O-O" or "Bc1-f4" using English)
                    (or else 0L, when move <nr> does not exist)
   'M' 'V' nr -- => show the evaluation to currently prepared move <nr>
                    (or else 0L, when move <nr> does not exist)
   'M' 'L' nr -- => show the search level of currently prepared move <nr>
                    (or else 0L, when move <nr> does not exist)

  Enter:
   'E' 'F' -- fs => enter a FEN char string <fs> as position
                    (and prepare a list of actual moves)
   'E' 'M' -- mv => enter a move <mv>
                    (as been encoded before by DoCmd('M', 'A', nr))
                    (and prepare FEN and a list of actual moves)
   'E' '-' -- -- => take back last move
                    (and prepare FEN and a list of actual moves)

  Licensing: (to be set (once) before calculating or pondering)
   'L' 'N' -- nm => input the user name <nm>
                    (will answer a string truncated to < 255 chars)
   'L' 'K' -- ky => input the engine-key <ky>
                    (will answer "ok" when key matches or engine is not
                     protected at all, or 0L if necessary key was wrong)
                    (the procedure should not work after some bad trials)

  Timing: (to be set befor pondering or computing)
   'T' 'W' tm -- => Time Left White, in MSec, totale Restzeit
   'T' 'B' tm -- => Time Left Black, in MSec, totale Restzeit
   'T' '#' =1 -- => Time is for one move (=1) only or all (=0) moves

  Computing:
   'C' 'P' -- -- => let the engine start its Ponder-thinking
   'C' '+' -- -- => let the engine start its thinking
   'C' '-' -- -- => let the engine terminate its thinking
   'C' 'B' -- -- => busy? answer with "ok" or 0L
   'C' 'I' 00 -- => Info: answer with (last) actual move
   'C' 'I' 01 -- => Info: answer with (last) actual value
   'C' 'I' 02 -- => Info: answer with (last) actual PV
   'C' 'A' -- -- => request answer-move in algebraic notation
   'C' 'H' -1 -- => query hash size as a char string
   'C' 'H' mb -- => set new hash size in MB and query result

  (TODO)

   'T' 'F' tm -- => Fischertime a move (if changed)

  Computing:


Additional information on Smirf:

a) the board could be turned by clicking on a corner of the board,
b) in edit mode castling rights easyly could be switched by clicking the file letters near the involved rooks. This simplifies a consistent management of castling rights especially with Chess960 positions (maybe an idea for Arena),
c) you will find possibilities to select how move possibilities should be shown or not in the help menu,
d) double clicking on a move of the list of possible moves will show that move and preselect it,
e) double clicking on a move of the game list will reposition the game to the related situation.

Reinhard.

Smirf will participate in the Chess960 Computer World Championship. http://www.chesstigers.de/index_news.php?id=237&rubrik=4 Well, it will have a hard stand there. It is a newcomer and also a new approach. You could already have a look at a public unrestricted beta (valid until end of June), which eventually might be replaced by an improved SMIRF BC-052 in short.

There some mating bugs will be erased in the coming beta version. http://de.geocities.com/rsmuenchen/

Regards, Reinhard.

Hi all,

there will be new Smirf beta versions from time to time:

at http://de.geocities.com/rsmuenchen/ .

Actually there is Smirf Beta BC-058, BC-059 will follow soon.

Reinhard.

Reinhard Scharnagl wrote:Hi all,

there will be new Smirf beta versions from time to time:

at http://de.geocities.com/rsmuenchen/ .

Actually there is Smirf Beta BC-058, BC-059 will follow soon.

Reinhard.

Hi,

Are you going to Improve the Smirf GUI? Capability to copy fen/analysis to clipboard would be a nice thing, as also capability to resize the board.

bye,
Pallav

Hi Pallav,

Capability to copy fen/analysis to clipboard would be a nice thing, as also capability to resize the board.

it is already possible to import FEN or PGN from clipboard, and also to export to clipboard. Where did you have problems with it?

The analysis output also could be manually selected and copied (also per right mouse context click).

The board could be resized to a smaller size to become able to export also smaller snapshopts as BMP. Resizing the board to a bigger size is planned but has no priority yet.

Regards, Reinhard.

Hi SMIRF friends,

there is a new and extended free Smirf Beta BC-059 at http://de.geocities.com/rsmuenchen/

Regards, Reinhard.