This distribution of Stockfish consists of the following files:
- * Readme.md, the file you are currently reading.
+ * [Readme.md](https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/blob/master/README.md), the file you are currently reading.
- * Copying.txt, a text file containing the GNU General Public License version 3.
-
- * AUTHORS, a text file with the list of authors for the project
+ * [Copying.txt](https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/blob/master/Copying.txt), a text file containing the GNU General Public License version 3.
- * src, a subdirectory containing the full source code, including a Makefile
+ * [AUTHORS](https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/blob/master/AUTHORS), a text file with the list of authors for the project
+
+ * [src](https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/tree/master/src), a subdirectory containing the full source code, including a Makefile
that can be used to compile Stockfish on Unix-like systems.
- * a file with the .nnue extension, storing the neural network for the NNUE
+ * a file with the .nnue extension, storing the neural network for the NNUE
evaluation. Binary distributions will have this file embedded.
## The UCI protocol and available options
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.
* #### eval
Return the evaluation of the current position.
- * #### export_net
- If the binary contains an embedded net, save it in a file (named according to the default value of EvalFile).
+ * #### export_net [filename]
+ Exports the currently loaded network to a file.
+ If the currently loaded network is the embedded network and the filename
+ is not specified then the network is saved to the file matching the name
+ of the embedded network, as defined in evaluate.h.
+ If the currently loaded network is not the embedded network (some net set
+ through the UCI setoption) then the filename parameter is required and the
+ network is saved into that file.
* #### flip
Flips the side to move.
that is guaranteed to be compatible with that binary.
2) to use the NNUE evaluation, the additional data file with neural network parameters
-needs to be available. Normally, this file is already embedded in the binary or it
+needs to be available. Normally, this file is already embedded in the binary or it
can be downloaded. The filename for the default (recommended) net can be found as the default
value of the `EvalFile` UCI option, with the format `nn-[SHA256 first 12 digits].nnue`
(for instance, `nn-c157e0a5755b.nnue`). This file can be downloaded from
If the engine is searching a position that is not in the tablebases (e.g.
a position with 8 pieces), it will access the tablebases during the search.
-If the engine reports a very large score (typically 153.xx), this means
+If the engine reports a very large score (typically 153.xx), this means
it has found a winning line into a tablebase position.
If the engine is given a position to search that is in the tablebases, it
these changes must also be made available under the GPL.
For full details, read the copy of the GPL v3 found in the file named
-*Copying.txt*.
+[*Copying.txt*](https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/blob/master/Copying.txt).
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