V1.1 fix GetPiece function and add CreateBoardFromFen

Chess-Challenge/src/API/Board.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ namespace ChessChallenge.API
 		readonly HashSet<ulong> repetitionHistory;
 		readonly PieceList[] allPieceLists;
 		readonly PieceList[] validPieceLists;
-		readonly Piece[] pieces;
 
 		Move[] cachedLegalMoves;
 		bool hasCachedMoves;
@@ -47,14 +46,6 @@ namespace ChessChallenge.API
 			// Init rep history
 			repetitionHistory = new HashSet<ulong>(board.RepetitionPositionHistory);
 			repetitionHistory.Remove(board.ZobristKey);
-
-			// Create piece array
-			pieces = new Piece[64];
-			for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++)
-			{
-				int p = board.Square[i];
-				pieces[i] = new Piece((PieceType)PieceHelper.PieceType(p), PieceHelper.IsWhite(p), new Square(i));
-			}
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -191,18 +182,20 @@ namespace ChessChallenge.API
 			return new Square(board.KingSquare[colIndex]);
 		}
 
-		/// <summary>
+        /// <summary>
-		/// Gets the piece on the given square. If the square is empty, the piece will have a PieceType of None.
+        /// Gets the piece on the given square. If the square is empty, the piece will have a PieceType of None.
-		/// </summary>
+        /// </summary>
-		public Piece GetPiece(Square square)
+        public Piece GetPiece(Square square)
-		{
+        {
-			return pieces[square.Index];
+            int p = board.Square[square.Index];
-		}
+            bool white = PieceHelper.IsWhite(p);
+            return new Piece((PieceType)PieceHelper.PieceType(p), white, square);
+        }
 
-		/// <summary>
+        /// <summary>
-		/// Gets a list of pieces of the given type and colour
+        /// Gets a list of pieces of the given type and colour
-		/// </summary>
+        /// </summary>
-		public PieceList GetPieceList(PieceType pieceType, bool white)
+        public PieceList GetPieceList(PieceType pieceType, bool white)
 		{
 			return allPieceLists[PieceHelper.MakePiece((int)pieceType, white)];
 		}
@@ -271,5 +264,16 @@ namespace ChessChallenge.API
 		/// </summary>
 		public ulong ZobristKey => board.ZobristKey;
 
-	}
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a board from the given fen string. Please note that this is quite slow, and so it is advised
+        /// to use the board given in the Think function, and update it using MakeMove and UndoMove instead.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static Board CreateBoardFromFEN(string fen)
+        {
+            Chess.Board boardCore = new Chess.Board();
+            boardCore.LoadPosition(fen);
+            return new Board(boardCore);
+        }
+
+    }
 }

Chess-Challenge/src/Framework/Application/Core/ChallengeController.cs

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ namespace ChessChallenge.Application
 
         public ChallengeController()
         {
+            Log($"Launching Chess-Challenge version {Settings.Version}");
             tokenCount = GetTokenCount();
             Warmer.Warm();
 
@@ -228,8 +229,7 @@ namespace ChessChallenge.Application
                 {
                     moveToPlay = chosenMove;
                     isWaitingToPlayMove = true;
-                    const float minDelay = 0.1f;
+                    playMoveTime = lastMoveMadeTime + MinMoveDelay;
-                    playMoveTime = lastMoveMadeTime + minDelay;
                 }
                 else
                 {

Chess-Challenge/src/Framework/Application/Core/Settings.cs

@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ namespace ChessChallenge.Application
 {
     public static class Settings
     {
+        public const string Version = "1.1";
+
         public const int GameDurationMilliseconds = 60 * 1000;
-        public const int MaxTokenCount = 1024;
+        public const float MinMoveDelay = 0;
         public static readonly bool RunBotsOnSeparateThread = true;
 
+        public const int MaxTokenCount = 1024;
+
         public const LogType MessagesToLog = LogType.All;
 
         public static readonly Vector2 ScreenSizeSmall = new(1280, 720);

Chess-Challenge/src/Framework/Application/Helpers/Token Counter/TokenCounter.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace ChessChallenge.Application
     public static class TokenCounter
     {
 
-        static HashSet<SyntaxKind> tokensToIgnore = new(new SyntaxKind[]
+        static readonly HashSet<SyntaxKind> tokensToIgnore = new(new SyntaxKind[]
         {
             SyntaxKind.PrivateKeyword,
             SyntaxKind.PublicKeyword,