Winboard level command

[Matthias Gemuh]

level 0 2:10 5

Is the above a valid syntax for the level command ?
Can you interprete the command ?

Thanks,
Matthias.

[Pedro Castro]

Here the 0 means "play the whole game in this time control period", the 2:10 means "base=2 minutes and 10 seconds", and the 5 means "inc=5 seconds".

Many engines probably will have problems in this case to interpret the second argument of the command level to be given in minutes and seconds. For example DanaSah only recognizes minutes integers, It would be too simple to understand seconds, but so far I have not needed.

[Matthias Gemuh]

Hi Pedro,
I agree with your interpretation.
Some engines don't understand it under ChessGUI.
Danasah 1.2 and 3.03 have no problems with it.
Regards,
Matthias.

[Alessandro Scotti]

The syntax is correct, as per the standard:

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The command to set an incremental time control looks like this:

  level 0 2 12

Here the 0 means "play the whole game in this time control period", the 2 means "base=2 minutes", and the 12 means "inc=12 seconds". As in conventional clock mode, the second argument to level can be in minutes and seconds.