use script with other Python / Pip versions

[tissatussa]

I managed to run Numbfish on Xubuntu 22.04
For this, i discovered i can use a different Python / Pip version to install and run.
This was needed, because my default Python version is 3.12.2 which is too new (!?) for your script, but Python v3.10 works for me.

I use a virtual environment to run your Python script by doing :

python3.10 -m venv .venv  # create the environment (only once)
source .venv/bin/activate  # enter the environment (each time before you run the `uci.py` script)

At first i had errors like this :

matplotlib 3.7.1 requires pillow>=6.2.0, which is not installed.
gruut 2.2.3 requires numpy<2.0.0,>=1.19.0, but you have numpy 2.2.1 which is incompatible.
numba 0.56.4 requires numpy<1.24,>=1.18, but you have numpy 2.2.1 which is incompatible.
scipy 1.10.1 requires numpy<1.27.0,>=1.19.5, but you have numpy 2.2.1 which is incompatible.

I had to change the requirements.txt, i succeeded with this config :

numpy==1.21.2
chess==1.9.3
tflite-runtime==2.13.0
pillow==6.2.0

NOTE: i added pillow because it was needed according to the concerning Pip message.

this way all Pip installs went well and i run the script by python3 -u uci.py
it plays a good game in CuteChess GUI !

i experimented with PLAY_5min = True / False in uci.py, as your README states.
indeed, False makes the script think for too long, the engine loses on time ..

i also tried to tweak these values in uci.py :

elif smove.startswith('go'):
    #  default options
    depth = 20
    movetime = 20000
    moves_remain = 60
    our_time = 300000

but it's unclear to me how to set a different time management this way.
can it be done (here) ? if so, can you create UCI options to set those values ?
same for OPENING_BOOK = True / False in numbfish.py : the engine can use the included Perfect2021.bin book but i like to disable any book while playing (to have a fair fight).