X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=f4ee2e3458c88093cac961f0777201c09ad9109f;hb=f8c779dbe538315aa6f65556d0acf11640558504;hp=0f6caec9e3f1c99dbd91f3054e703183ba0d5ed7;hpb=0faf81d1f6b8ebe1a64482145a634d2e7d15db94;p=stockfish diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0f6caec9..f4ee2e34 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ This distribution of Stockfish consists of the following files: ## The UCI protocol and available options -The Universal Chess Interface (UCI) is a standard protocol used to communicate with a chess engine, -and is the recommended way to do so for typical graphical user interfaces (GUI) or chess tools. +The Universal Chess Interface (UCI) is a standard protocol used to communicate with +a chess engine, and is the recommended way to do so for typical graphical user interfaces +(GUI) or chess tools. Stockfish implements the majority of it options as described +in [the UCI protocol](https://www.shredderchess.com/download/div/uci.zip). -Stockfish implements most commands as described in [the UCI protocol](https://www.shredderchess.com/download/div/uci.zip) - -For users, the following UCI options, which can typically be set via a GUI, are available in Stockfish: +Developers can see the default values for UCI options available in Stockfish by typing +`./stockfish uci` in a terminal, but the majority of users will typically see them and +change them via a chess GUI. This is a list of available UCI options in Stockfish: * #### Threads The number of CPU threads used for searching a position. For best performance, set @@ -143,9 +145,9 @@ For users, the following UCI options, which can typically be set via a GUI, are For developers the following non-standard commands might be of interest, mainly useful for debugging: - * #### bench ttSize threads limit fenFile limitType evalType - Performs a standard benchmark using various options. The signature or standard node - count is obtained using all defaults. `bench` is currently `bench 16 1 13 default depth mixed`. + * #### bench *ttSize threads limit fenFile limitType evalType* + Performs a standard benchmark using various options. The signature of a version (standard node + count) is obtained using all defaults. `bench` is currently `bench 16 1 13 default depth mixed`. * #### compiler Give information about the compiler and environment used for building a binary.