Re: [Scid-users] missing option

2015-10-12 Thread Fulvio
Nils R Grotnes wrote: > Hi Fulvio. > > Why impossible? I thought Scid could access end game table bases? The > format even provides distance to mate information for each position > according to http://scid.sourceforge.net/tutorial/t_tool_egtb.html > > Or is this only through the chess engines? Bo

Re: [Scid-users] missing option

2015-10-09 Thread Nils R Grotnes
Hi Fulvio. Why impossible? I thought Scid could access end game table bases? The format even provides distance to mate information for each position according to http://scid.sourceforge.net/tutorial/t_tool_egtb.html Or is this only through the chess engines? Nils (P.S. Thank you for your many,

Re: [Scid-users] missing option

2015-10-09 Thread Fulvio
Dimis Poulos wrote: > > Hi, > > what I miss is an option to count pieces on board in board search > function. Since I use several databases of endgame positions and chess > problems this is importnant. For example you want to find the endgame > positions with fieve or less pieces on board or fin

[Scid-users] missing option

2015-10-09 Thread Dimis Poulos
Hi, what I miss is an option to count pieces on board in board search function. Since I use several databases of endgame positions and chess problems this is importnant. For example you want to find the endgame positions with fieve or less pieces on board or find the mate in two possitions with se