Pawny 0.1.6

[Mincho Georgiev]

Changes are listed at "version history".

Best Regards!
Mincho.

[Graham Banks]

Thanks Mincho.

[swami]

Changes are listed at "version history".

Best Regards!
Mincho.

Thanks, Mincho:

(Changes and notes)
- Polyglot book support added.
- New attack detection scheme.
- SEE rewritten in accordance with the above.
- Incremental update of the board state (material and pawns).
- Main search and qsearch was revisited in order to eliminate some inaccuracies and errors.
- Transposition table entry is being remade to 16 bytes of size.
- Improved move ordering.

Will test it now.

[swami]

Pawny 0.1.6

by Mincho Georgiev, Bulgaria..

Strategic Test Suite Conditions:

Core2Quad 32 bits, Q6600, 2 GB RAM, 2.4GHZ
10 seconds per position
900 positions
Engine uses 146 Mb Hash.
Single CPU
Arena GUI


Overall Performance:

• Total Score: 473/900 [...] Average : 52.55% [...] Grade: C [...] Total Rated Time: 80.93/150 minutes [4856 Seconds/9000 Seconds] [...] Percentage Time Used: 53.96%

Subject-wise Scores:

STS (v1.0) - Undermining:
63/100, Grade: B

STS (v2.1) - Open Files and Diagonals:
56/100, Grade: C+

STS (v3.0) - Knight Outposts/Centralization/Repositioning:
58/100, Grade: C+

STS (v4.1) - Square Vacancy:
51/100, Grade: C

STS (v5.0) - Bishop vs Knight:
61/100, Grade: B

STS (v6.0) - Re-Capturing:
50/100, Grade: C

STS (v7.0) - Offer of Simplification:
51/100, Grade: C

STS (v8.1) - Advancement of f/g/h Pawns:
40 /100, Grade: E

STS (v9.0) - Advancement of a/b/c Pawns:
43/100, Grade: E

Best Wishes,
Swami

[swami]

Partial - Credit Scores Calculation:
Using STS Stat 2.5

Pawny 0.1.6

by Mincho Georgiev, Bulgaria.

Overall Performance:

• Total Score: 5834/9000 [...] Average : 64.82% [...] Grade: B [...]

Subject-wise Scores:

STS (v1.0) - Undermining:
728/1000, Grade: A-

STS (v2.1) - Open Files and Diagonals:
598/1000, Grade: C+

STS (v3.0) - Knight Outposts/Centralization/Repositioning:
671/1000, Grade: B+

STS (v4.1) - Square Vacancy:
650/1000, Grade: B+

STS (v5.0) - Bishop vs Knight:
703/1000, Grade: A-

STS (v6.0) - Re-Capturing:
730/100, Grade: A-

STS (v7.0) - Offer of Simplification:
592/1000, Grade: C+

STS (v8.1) - Advancement of f/g/h Pawns:
563 /1000, Grade: C+

STS (v9.0) - Advancement of a/b/c Pawns:
599/1000, Grade: C+

Best Wishes,
Swami

[Mincho Georgiev]

Many thanks, Swami!