> Begin forwarded message: > > Subject: Re: [XBoard-devel] analyzing games > From: Joshua Pettus <[email protected]> > Date: January 10, 2015 at 2:32:17 PM EST > To: Svetlana Tkachenko <[email protected]> > > The only problem is that having the -zp switch enabled makes the fics admins > jumpy since they detect the engine loaded on the server with your non > computer account. > > -Josh > >> On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Svetlana Tkachenko >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Svetlana Tkachenko wrote: >>> "H.G. Muller" wrote: >>>> >>>> Svetlana Tkachenko schreef op 1/10/2015 om 3:58 AM: >>>>> I do not see how to analyze a game with a chess engine -- with it showing >>>>> which moves are mistakes. Is this feature available? >>>>> >>>> 'Mistake' is a relative concept. Even the best human player does play >>>> most moves different from what a top engine would consider best, and >>>> loses score as a consequence. In XBoard you can use the Mode->Analyze >>>> Game menu to analyze the currently loaded game from the currently >>>> displayed position to the end (or to when you decide to stop, by >>>> selecting another Mode). >>> >>> When over FICS, the "Mode->Analyze Game" menu is greyed out, but I would >>> like to analyze games together with other players at the server. >> >> Err, no. -zp switch makes the 'analyze game' menu available. >> >> But I can't observe myself. Like described here: >> http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=52950 >> From what I could see there is a workaround - creating a second account on >> server just for analyzing a past game. >> >
