Annotation/blunder check by software?

Originally posted by rijnsburger
i think i'm going to look into getting source for a few better engines, then seeing if I can modify the any of these engine' evaluation functions to actually keep "reasons" alongside the position score modifiers (eg. if the score is modified by say -0.12 because a certain factor is better for black, I want to log a text description of that reason alongsi ...[text shortened]... ns found. speed is not an issue since I can let it calc as long as needed... seem feasible?

It sounds feasible and I wish you luck🙂

It also sounds like a lot of work. I'd be interested in seeing the results. I'm not sure if I have the patience to pore over that amount of source code though. Maybe simply putting in logging in the decision making process might be a good first step too.