FSTM v1.0.8 (beta)

README file for FSTM

FSTM = Fermin Serrano's Tournament Manager

Version: 1.0.8 (beta)

Release Date: 12-May-2011

Download: Click here

Contact: clonfsp@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION

FSTM is a tournament manager specially designed to work with H.G.Muller's

Winboard version. I have not try with other WB versions, but it is probably

it will work fine.

I know there is a few tournament managers out there, so most of the FSTM

functionality is like them, but I have added new features I hope you

find interesting:

- Possibility to clone a tournament, so no need to re-enter data to lauch

a new one. You only need to type the new tournament name. This feature is

available from "Tournament manager" window.

- You can add comments to each tournament. This is ideal to keep track of

thoughts, conclusions and tournament characteristics.

- FSTM suggests tournament names.

- Possibility to launch Winboard minimized, so no annoyance while you use

your computer.

- New analisys of losed games. Thank to this you can locate engines which

are not very stable (i.e. losed on time often, quick losses, etc).

Also it is ideal to see what kind of losses your engine usually make.

- You can launch with a mouse click an external PGN-Viewer to see current

tournament games.

- It is provided with an EPD file with 130 opening positions. These are the

main lines from all standard openings. It is like a small ECO index.

- New random feature for use with EPD positions. It chooses random positions.

Nice for an alternative method of testing or for use with EPD of starting

positions provided.

- Possibility to set CPU affinity for multicore machines, so there is no need

to open task manager to do it.

- Posibility to stop or automatically continue tournament on game problems

(like illegal moves, game did not start correctly, etc...)

- Integration with BayesElo to show standing and ELO changes.

- Table of error margin ELO available from help menu for reference.

- Possibility to launch a bat file after games. It will receive current tournament

path as first argument.

- A info.txt is generated at root dir with info about current tourney, ideal if you

want to process it with the bat file.

- Possibility to add your own winboard options.

- Possibility to add engine specific arguments. Also possibility to add winboard

aguments for engines (like UCI options).

- Nice interface. ;)

Special notes:

- In Round Robin tourneys, the 'round' field is the number of times you repeat the

same tourney.