X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=stockfish;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Readme.md;h=4208f825cae5747b465ac548efc05601ba4791e7;hp=29ebf59b03dc9ac880f55e0998719ebf7b3ab0bf;hb=883367d21749eb91a5a3737338b5a7f507751a5a;hpb=e61f7b1e6d0273ef9447efa01e90578adef4613e diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md index 29ebf59b..4208f825 100644 --- a/Readme.md +++ b/Readme.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Partner or Fritz) in order to be used comfortably. Read the documentation for your GUI of choice for information about how to use Stockfish with it. -This version of Stockfish supports up to 128 cores. The engine defaults +This version of Stockfish supports up to 512 cores. The engine defaults to one search thread, so it is therefore recommended to inspect the value of the *Threads* UCI parameter, and to make sure it equals the number of CPU cores on your computer. @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The "SyzygyProbeLimit" option should normally be left at its default value. **What to expect** If the engine is searching a position that is not in the tablebases (e.g. -a position with 7 pieces), it will access the tablebases during the search. +a position with 8 pieces), it will access the tablebases during the search. If the engine reports a very large score (typically 123.xx), this means that it has found a winning line into a tablebase position. @@ -96,6 +96,18 @@ compile (for instance with Microsoft MSVC) you need to manually set/unset some switches in the compiler command line; see file *types.h* for a quick reference. +### Resource For Understanding the Code Base + +* [Chess Programming Wiki](https://www.chessprogramming.org/Main_Page) +has good overall chess engines explanations +(techniques used here are well explained like hash maps etc), it was +also recommended by the [support team at stockfish.](http://support.stockfishchess.org/discussions/questions/1132-how-to-understand-stockfish-sources) + +* [Here](https://www.chessprogramming.org/Stockfish) you can find a set +of features and techniques used by Stockfish and each of them is explained +at the wiki, however, it's a generic way rather than focusing on Stockfish's +own implementation, but it will still help you. + ### Terms of use