fairygen 1.2 released
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:36 pm
I released a new version of my WinBoard compatible EGT generator. (Source + Windows binary downloadable from http://hgm.nubati.net/fairygen.zip .)
Like the previous version it can generate 3, 4 or 5-men EGT with arbitrary octo-symmetric pieces, and can work under rules where black can null-move (-0 flag) or stalemated counts as a loss (-s flag). The EGT remains in memory, and you can play against it with black (i.e. defending against the mate).
This version allows you to 'seed' the tablebase, by setting the DTx of selected positions by hand to any desired value. Thisis done immediately after identification of the checkmates and stalemates, so that you can reset those to undecided or any other value. To use this, a file with seed positions can be specified with a -f option.
It also supports a new -m flag, which makes it generate DTM rather than DTC.
See the included README file for details.
Like the previous version it can generate 3, 4 or 5-men EGT with arbitrary octo-symmetric pieces, and can work under rules where black can null-move (-0 flag) or stalemated counts as a loss (-s flag). The EGT remains in memory, and you can play against it with black (i.e. defending against the mate).
This version allows you to 'seed' the tablebase, by setting the DTx of selected positions by hand to any desired value. Thisis done immediately after identification of the checkmates and stalemates, so that you can reset those to undecided or any other value. To use this, a file with seed positions can be specified with a -f option.
It also supports a new -m flag, which makes it generate DTM rather than DTC.
See the included README file for details.