lichess-org / lichess-org/external-engine

Support Lc0 by setting UCI_ShowWDL to false

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Description

`lila` doesn't support parse `wdl` in uci info output.

It takes me half a day to debug what's wrong with `Lc0` as external engine.
Can you consider supporting `Lc0` by setting `UCI_ShowWDL` to false in the script by default?

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Research direction

Start by locating the script that configures UCI options for external engines and trace how default engine settings are sent to Lc0. Set UCI_ShowWDL to false by default, then verify that Lc0 no longer produces unsupported WDL information in the UCI output.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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