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Can I limit Stockfish's depth in analysis

Hi, I hope this is the right place to ask.

I use analysis to improve my game play. Amazing feature btw and thanks to the developers.

For my limited skills it makes no sense to analyse 15+ moves deep, because I can never transfer that to my real games.
So I would like to limit Stockfish's thinking to 4 .. 6 moves, which would also

  • reduce time
  • reducing the load at the engine and
  • giving me more realistic results.

Any way to do that?
Sorry if the question has already been answered somewhere; I searched but found no answer.
I would know how to do that in independent stockfish on a computer, but not on lichess.

thx

Hi, I hope this is the right place to ask. I use analysis to improve my game play. Amazing feature btw and thanks to the developers. For my limited skills it makes no sense to analyse 15+ moves deep, because I can never transfer that to my real games. So I would like to limit Stockfish's thinking to 4 .. 6 moves, which would also - reduce time - reducing the load at the engine and - giving me more realistic results. Any way to do that? Sorry if the question has already been answered somewhere; I searched but found no answer. I would know how to do that in independent stockfish on a computer, but not on lichess. thx

@wallish, as far as I know, when you analyze a position, the minimum depth is 23. You it goes from 1-24 depth before that though, so you can turn on the best arrow move and when it reaches whatever depth you want, you can see what is the best move before it goes onto the next higher depth. Considering your level though, I think 23 depth it still somewhat realistic.

@wallish, as far as I know, when you analyze a position, the minimum depth is 23. You it goes from 1-24 depth before that though, so you can turn on the best arrow move and when it reaches whatever depth you want, you can see what is the best move before it goes onto the next higher depth. Considering your level though, I think 23 depth it still somewhat realistic.

Hey thanks for the answer. I can try that.

@NSJagrav328-60 said in #5:

Considering your level though, I think 23 depth it still somewhat realistic.

OH no, that would be 12 moves ahead ;) maybe in a simple endgame. But not in a normal game.

Hey thanks for the answer. I can try that. @NSJagrav328-60 said in #5: > Considering your level though, I think 23 depth it still somewhat realistic. OH no, that would be 12 moves ahead ;) maybe in a simple endgame. But not in a normal game.

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