4.6.1 Info

In the menu behind the word "Info" the first character of the selected info level is displayed. There are three possible levels:

a) None

This level is useful when you want to play against Rebel with as little assistance as possible.

• in the move-section no info about the calculations nor the difference in material will be displayed. Therefore the move-section can contain more moves.
• the comment-section will not show which move is actually calculated, neither will it show which variations have been considered when a move is done.
• during the calculating, only one line will be displayed that contains only very brief information, for instance: "09:23 10.22 (43) Pos/sec: 12.234 (3.890.345 pos. evaluated)", this tells you:
  • Rebel has been calculated for 9 minutes and 23 seconds so far
  • it's calculating 10 ply deep and at this moment is has considered 22 moves on the 10th ply
  • where 43 moves are possible
  • during the last second 12,234 positions were considered
  • of a total of 3,890,345 possible positions.

b) Usual

This level is useful if you want to be informed about which variations Rebel is calculating and you do not want to be bothered by all kinds of information of specific computer chess kind.

• the moves-section will display the difference in material
• the comment-section can contain four lines, the first three lines contain the main variations that Rebel finds best for the given position and ply depth. The fourth line shows some information about the evaluation status at that moment.
  
  Examples:
  one of the first three lines could be:
  "00:04 4.05 0.15 b5xa4 Ra1xa4 Nf6-d5 Qg4-g7+"
  Which tells you the following:
  • after 0 minutes and 4 seconds the program has found the displayed main line
  • this main line is found at the fourth ply as fifth possibility and is judged by the program with a score of 0.15 .
  
  the fourth line could be: "09:23 10.22 (43) b5xa4 Pos/sec: 12.234 (3.890.345 pos.evaluated)" which tells you the following:
  • Rebel has used 9 minutes and 23 seconds so far
  • it performs a search depth of 10 ply and has already evaluated 22 moves
  • of the 43 legal possibilities of the tenth ply
  • the program is now evaluating the move b5xa4
  • has evaluated 12,234 positions in the previous second and
  • 3,890,345 positions in total.

c) Extended

This level is very useful for those who want a complete insight of the calculating process of Rebel and everything connected with it. The move-section will show you the following when Rebel is on the move:

• "Ply": the first number indicates the actual ply-depth, the second the average ply-depth, the third the maximum ply-depth reached;
• "Hash": the first number indicates the number of transpositions for white and the second the number of transpositions for black where "K" means multiply by 1000. The third number gives the percentage of the memory reserved for hashtables that is already occupied (see section Hashtables);
• "Selection": the first number indicates how many variations are offered to select, the second how many variations are kept of those, and the third is the percentage kept variations, so the percentage indicates how selective Rebel is calculating. When this is for instance 20% it means that 80% of the variations are skipped which results in an enormous savings of time.
• "Time": the first number gives the minutes and seconds that Rebel will use at least before it moves and the second gives the minutes and seconds Rebel will use at most.

When you are to move, the move-section will show what Rebel is thinking of (that is to say: when you haven't deactivated permanent brain:

• "Expecting": displays which counter-move Rebel expects plus the answer to that move;
• "Score": gives the score of that move;
• "Current": gives the ply-depth and the move Rebel is calculating about at that moment;
• "Positions": the number of calculated positions.

Just like b) the comment-section can contain four lines of which the first three can contain the former variations.
The fourth line differs slightly compared to b) for example:
"0:13 5.14 (+) Qc8-b7 g3-g4 Bf5-d7 d4-d5 Qb7-c7 4256 (178.728)
which means:

• calculated 13 seconds so far
• Rebel calculates 5 ply deep and has considered already 14 possibilities on a depth of 5 ply; the "(+)" indicates that Rebel expects a considerable improvement of score compared with the score it has so far (a "(-)" means a worsening);
• Rebel is now calculating Qc8-b7 with a tree g3-g4 Bf5-d7 d4-d5 Qb7-c7
• during the last second 4256 positions were considered
• and in total 178,728 positions.

d) SUPER

Beyond the normal Warroom, super warroom will give you extra information on:

• the four best main variations are shown to a depth of 5 plies.
• the main variation will be shown up to 24 plies in the Teacher window, if activated.