Menu File – Options – Version

 

 

There are many different chess engines that can run under the program interface. Here you can set which of the engines will represent the program by default.

 

Tournament version

This switches to a special mode in which the area surrounding the board turns red when the program has made a move. This is useful as a signal for a human operator, especially when the program is playing against a human opponent and it is not acceptable to have a sound signal switched on. The option is only meaningful for such encounters, and not of relevance to normal users.

 

Log file: this causes the program to keep a log file of the game, so that everything can be checked meticulously after an important tournament games. The file can be printed out and given to the arbiter.

 

PGN: here you can specify a file for a PGN record of the game. It is updated every time a move is made, and contains the moves and the evaluation of the program. This function is useful for publishing games on the internet.

 

Operating time: you can specify how much time the program should deduct from its own thinking time in order to compensate for the lag of a human operator, who needs some time to register and enter the move of the opponent (and execute the computer moves on the official chessboard).