From ecf3edd8b9d59cd8c4b094ef3dc1ed4c8594e822 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Kfoury <76066593+KarlKfoury@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 17:14:01 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] checking if 'name' parameter was provided with 'setoption'
 before proceeding with execution

adressing issue #1843
---
 src/chess/uciloop.cc | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/chess/uciloop.cc b/src/chess/uciloop.cc
index 4135895965..0c6e76f1c1 100644
--- a/src/chess/uciloop.cc
+++ b/src/chess/uciloop.cc
@@ -153,8 +153,13 @@ bool UciLoop::DispatchCommand(
   } else if (command == "isready") {
     CmdIsReady();
   } else if (command == "setoption") {
+if (GetOrEmpty(params, "name").empty()) {
+      throw Exception("setoption requires name");
+    }
+    else {
     CmdSetOption(GetOrEmpty(params, "name"), GetOrEmpty(params, "value"),
                  GetOrEmpty(params, "context"));
+  } 
   } else if (command == "ucinewgame") {
     CmdUciNewGame();
   } else if (command == "position") {