Analysis lines from the engine are given in this order (left to right):
1. Time - the time at which the engine output the analysis. We observe FIDE time format of
hours:mins.secs, hours are omitted where appropriate.
2. Evaluation in pawns. A positive value is in favour of White and shown in blue, a negative value is in favour
of Black and shown in red. For example +1.00 would indicate White is the equivalent of 1 pawn ahead.
3. Depth of search. This is the depth in half-moves or plies that the engine has searched to. The deeper an
engine searches the better its analysis result usually is.
4. Principle line - This is the expected line of play the engine expects to occur with best play.
You can insert the evaluation, depth and best line of play into the Game Notation by simply clicking the
evaluation and depth value (in blue or red). Here is an example:
You can also copy the best line or all the history of analysis to the clipboard by right clicking on the
analysis pane you get this pop up menu:
Any analysis lines copied are copied with piece letters. When all analysis lines are copied the analysis is
detailed in time order with the latest line at the bottom.
Analyse game
Accessed by clicking the analyse game
shortcut icon in the Analysis Explorer pane. The dialog is
also accessed from the Game->Analyse Game... menu item.
The Analyse game dialog enables you to set up the current selected engine to analyse a game. You can
set the following information to control how the game is analysed and annotated:
· Average time per move - this is a guideline time the engine uses per move, over the course of the game
the engine tries to average this time per move. However the engine has the freedom to spend more time
on difficult moves and less time on easy moves.
· Analysis format - you can select Score only or Score and engine name. Both will insert the evaluation
and depth of search but the engine name is only added to the Game Notation if the engine name format
is selected.
· Annotating engine - you can adjust the annotating engine name to a shorter form which you prefer.
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