Member bBasicBoard::applyBlackMove (bMove const &m)

add functions such as nextrank

flag mate/stalemate move, special move, ...

check do we need to look for mate here ?

Member bBasicBoard::applyWhiteMove (bMove const &m)

add functions such as nextrank

flag mate/stalemate move, special move, ...

check do we need to look for mate here ?

Member bBasicBoard::bBasicBoard (bFen const &fen)

check legality of position: Max number of pieces of each type e.g. K=1, Q=(9 - # pawns), N=(10 - # pawns) colour of bishops, double in-check, in case of ep, adjacent pawn movenumber if not initial position, location of pawns, position of king and rooks in case of castle allowed (att. 960) for each promoted piece, an opponent piece must have been taken

Member bBasicBoard::calcHash ()

check increase to 64 bits, is there added value

Member bBasicBoard::clearCastleRights (uint8_t const f)

what happens if 2 rights are cleared together or one by one

Member bBasicBoard::setCastleRights (uint8_t const f)

what happens if 2 rights are set together or one by one

Member bBasicBoard::setPly (plynum_t const p)

, does hash need to be updated?

Member bBoard::applyMove (bMove const &m) override

check usage in case of failure, why not return exception?

Member bBoard::calcGameStage ()

take into account actual moves

Member bBoard::invertColours ()

castledone, capturedcase, capturedpiece, bmove, eval

epcase

Member bBoard::operator std::string () const

add mate condition

Member bel_debug::execute (std::string const &args)

add abstraction level on different debug commands so that they do not need to be coded here (dynamic binding ?)

move to verbose command

Class bEmptyPiece

Candidate for template implementation

Member bEpd::parseSTSPosition (bFen const &fen)

protect against malformed STS containing no = sign

Member bEpd::setPos (std::string const &s)

do only consider opcode starting with letter

Member bEpd::translateEpdResult (bPgnMove const &m)

implement other opcodes such as mate search

Member bEpdFile::parse () override

consider other prefixes to be skipped (e.g. //, %)

consider to use verbosity level to dictate output

Member bEpdOpCodes

change to enum

Member bGame::DoSearch ()

allow for cancel search with ? / stop command

Member bGame::getCurrentPosition ()

check why copy constructor is called, check if we should return anything else but positions.back()

Member bGame::isExpecting (std::string const &s) const

improve by redirecting App().bout

Member bGame::operator std::string () const

Look at using stream and << operator instead of std::string

Member bGame::WaitForSearchEnd ()

handle sending result here

Member bMove::getMoveEvalStr () const

convert to move annotation to be used in PgnMove as well

Member bMoveList::addBlackPromotionIfValid (bBasicBoard const &b, bMove &m)

optimize in case of uncover check just by moving pawn

Member bMoveList::addWhitePromotionIfValid (bBasicBoard const &b, bMove &m)

optimize in case of uncover check just by moving pawn

Member bPositionEvaluation::gameEndedResult (bBoard const &b)

when a move has been registered on board, no need to check for move generation

Member bSearchAlgorithm::CheckIfAbortingSearch () const

: limit calls to getDurationMilliSec

Member bSearchAlgorithm::SearchBestMove (bBoard &b, bMoveList &ml)

Add debug manipulator

Member cmd_alg::cmd_alg ()

get values dynamically

Member cmd_evaltype::cmd_evaltype ()

get values dynamically

Member cmd_go::execute (std::string const &args) override

add searchmoves

Member cmd_level::execute (std::string const &args) override

keep initial game time so that after move 35, all increment time is used, currently, it is flapping around 10s left

Member cmd_option::execute (std::string const &args) override

get array from initialisation

change to specific setoption function

Member cmd_setoption::execute (std::string const &args) override

allow value parameter with space in it

get array from initialisation

change to specific setoption function

Member cmd_uci::execute (std::string const &args) override

option name UCI_Chess960 type check default false

option name UCI_AnalyseMode

Member engineInterface::attachCommand (belofte::stringList const &sCommands, bool const published=true)

fix: if not published, add command to list anyway

Member engineInterface::engineGameResultString (gameResult_t const gr) const

add other end of game conditions

Member LevelType

restrict to n nodes - setNodes(nodes)

restrict to moves - setMoves(moves)

Member main (int argc, char *argv[])

allow aliases on commands

parse all next argument(s) before those preceded by –

Member MYOS

add more OSes

Member MYPLATFORM

add more platforms

Member platform_ctor ()

remove following line ASAP, this violates all C++ standards

Member SearchAlphaBeta::CalcBestMove (bBoard &b, bMoveList &ml) override

check why not test for winning before evaluating moves

Member SearchAlphaBetaFH::CalcBestMove (bBoard &b, bMoveList &ml, depth_t const nDepth, bSearchScore alpha, bSearchScore beta) override

check why not test for winning before evaluating moves

Member SearchBruteForce::CalcBestMove (bBoard &b, bMoveList &ml) override

search from depth till zero

Member TIME_LOSTINENGINE

replace based on actual measurements

Member TimedExecution::ClockEnd ()

check for multi-threaded, make sure there is no race condition

Member UCIMode::sendInfoSearching (bBoard const &b, int const nLogDepth, depth_t const nMaxDepth, bScore const sc, int64_t const t, int64_t const nodes) const override

only print currline in case requested by UI

Member UCIMode::sendInfoSearching (bBoard const &b, int const nLogDepth, depth_t const nMaxDepth, std::string const &comment, bScore const sc, int64_t const t, int64_t const nodes) const override

only print currline in case requested by UI

Member UCIMode::sendMove (bBoard &b, bMove const &m) override

: retrieve ponder out of board if (ponder != "") sOut << " ponder " << ponder;

Member whitefields [64]

rename to fieldcolours

Member XboardMode::sendInfo (std::string const &info) override

check if line needs to be split for respecting tmplevel