Re: [Scid-users] Automated annotations: why/when variations, NAGs?

[Alan B. <adb...@ya...>]

On 2/16/25 22:49, Dan Friedman wrote:
> When I have Stockfish configured for Analysis, and I perform an 
> automated annotation, I see variations are introduced in the PGN window, 
> as well as NAG codes.


> 
> On what basis are both of these created? 


I have never used the Automatic Analysis myself, so my answer is just 
what I found out by poking around in Scid.

> 
> 1. What is "deciding," and on what basis, that it's time to introduce a 
> variation into the annotation?
> 
> 2. Some moves get annotated, and some don't. What is "deciding," and on 
> what basis, that a particular move should be annotated?
> 

It's in the Scid Help. On the menu click [Help], then [Contents]. Click 
the topic [Analysis window], scroll down to "Annotating a game", and you 
will see there is an "Annotate" button. Click that button and you can 
change the settings for (1) and (2).


> 3. What is the algorithm for "deciding" which NAG should be used for any 
> given position? 

For (3), on the menu click [Options], then [Preferences...]. Select the 
tab "Informant values". To be honest I don't understand what the 
"Interesting move" value corresponds to, but the "+.." values are 
absolute scores and the "?.." values are relative to the best move.

-- 
Alan