Protector 1.33 ...

[Frank Quisinsky]

Hi there,

will be the new Protector available as JA version too?

Best
Frank

[Martin Thoresen]

Hi there,

will be the new Protector available as JA version too?

Best
Frank

I sent Jim an email about this yesterday.

Here is his reply:

Hi Martin,

I will compile new version very soon.
It's not a clone as far as I am concerned, no 'copy & paste' code that I can see.
Eval terms look Toga/Fruit based with some ideas taken from Crafty, Stockfish.

best,
Jim.


On 13/03/2010 20:37, Martin Thoresen wrote:
Hello Jim,

I can see that Protector 1.3.3 has been released.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Any plans of compiling it?

Also, what is your thought on this engine? Enough original code not to be considered a Toga/Fruit clone?

Best Regards,
Martin Thoresen

[Volker Pittlik]

Hi there,

will be the new Protector available as JA version too?

Best
Frank

There are Linux and Windows executables for 32 and 64 bit environments in the download package at sourceforge.

vp

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Hi there,

will be the new Protector available as JA version too?

Best
Frank

There are Linux and Windows executables for 32 and 64 bit environments in the download package at sourceforge.

vp

Thanks Volker,wasn't aware of that
Cheers,
Dr.D

[Frank Quisinsky]

Hi Martin,

thanks for the information.

Hi Volker,

a little bit faster I think is the JA version.
Now available.

...

Best
Frank

[IWB]

Hello

Is there a changelog somewhere and I missed it?

I want to know if the difference between 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 is big enough to justify a new test. According to the small number change I assume there is no big change but ... I just assume ...

Thx
Ingo

[Jim Ablett]

Hello

Is there a changelog somewhere and I missed it?

I want to know if the difference between 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 is big enough to justify a new test. According to the small number change I assume there is no big change but ... I just assume ...

Thx
Ingo

New version 1.33 runs a lot slower - about 150k nps slower and it's not due to my compiling, so possibly some extra knowledge added that would account for the slowdown.

Jim.

[Carlos777]

Hello

Is there a changelog somewhere and I missed it?

I want to know if the difference between 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 is big enough to justify a new test. According to the small number change I assume there is no big change but ... I just assume ...

Thx
Ingo

Hi Ingo,

Preliminar tests show this is a very good improvement over 1.3.2 version. I use the original compile.

Regards,
Carlos

[David Dahlem]

I notice the file size of the Jim Ablett build (protector-133-32-ja.exe) is 276 kb, while the 32-bit version at http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector is 1.98 mb. And the Denis Mendoza 32-bit build at http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kmryr4d2iot is 1.96 mb.

Why such a huge difference? And which build is best/faster/stronger?

[Volker Pittlik]

... And which build is best/faster/stronger?

Downloading them and looking what nps the different exes reach may be an option. Even if there are differences, these must be big before they are getting noticeable in a usual number of games. A debug version would be something you will notice.

vp