Back from the edge of death, again!

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Michael Sherwin
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Back from the edge of death, again!

Post by Michael Sherwin »

Some months ago I was working on a promising new version of RomiChess. Then I started not feeling so good and confused my source code. I was not able to recover my promising changes and got more ill trying so I had to stop working on Romi and go into recuperation mode. I turned 60 on 7/27 and quite unexpectedly started feeling better. Today I started working on RomiChess again. I can't say for sure that I am back. But I'll give it the best I got!

Right away I saw a couple of bugs in my code and a tweak that I never tried before and the result was a sacrifice that Romi never made before and Romi won!

[pgn]
[Event "Romivoli"]
[Site "MASTER"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "RomiChess"]
[Black "OliThink532_x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Time "07:59:02"]
[Variation "6.e4 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.Nf3 b5"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 a6 9. Bf4 b5 10. a3 Qe7 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Ra6 14.
Nc7+ Kf8 15. Nxa6 Bxa6 16. Re1 h6 17. Qb3 g5 18. Bg3 f6 19. Nd2 Kf7 20. Nc4
Bxc4 21. Qxc4 h5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Qe2 Nbd7 24. a4 Ng6 25. a5 gxh4 26. Bh2
Nde5 27. a6 Qa7 28. Reb1 c4 29. b4 Qb6 30. b5 Ke7 31. a7 Ra8 32. Ra6 Qb7
33. Qa2 Bf8 34. b6 Bh6 35. Ra3 Nf4 36. Bxf4 Bxf4 37. Qe2 Rh8 38. Qd1 Rc8
39. Qa4 h3 40. a8=Q h2+ 41. Kh1 Rxa8 42. Qxa8 Qxa8 43. Rxa8 f5 44. b7 Nd7
45. Rh8 Kf6 46. Rd8 {Arena Adjudication} 1-0
[/pgn]
:)
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Rodolfo Leoni
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Re: Back from the edge of death, again!

Post by Rodolfo Leoni »

Michael Sherwin wrote:Some months ago I was working on a promising new version of RomiChess. Then I started not feeling so good and confused my source code. I was not able to recover my promising changes and got more ill trying so I had to stop working on Romi and go into recuperation mode. I turned 60 on 7/27 and quite unexpectedly started feeling better. Today I started working on RomiChess again. I can't say for sure that I am back. But I'll give it the best I got!

Right away I saw a couple of bugs in my code and a tweak that I never tried before and the result was a sacrifice that Romi never made before and Romi won!

[pgn]
[Event "Romivoli"]
[Site "MASTER"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "RomiChess"]
[Black "OliThink532_x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Time "07:59:02"]
[Variation "6.e4 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.Nf3 b5"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 a6 9. Bf4 b5 10. a3 Qe7 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Ra6 14.
Nc7+ Kf8 15. Nxa6 Bxa6 16. Re1 h6 17. Qb3 g5 18. Bg3 f6 19. Nd2 Kf7 20. Nc4
Bxc4 21. Qxc4 h5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Qe2 Nbd7 24. a4 Ng6 25. a5 gxh4 26. Bh2
Nde5 27. a6 Qa7 28. Reb1 c4 29. b4 Qb6 30. b5 Ke7 31. a7 Ra8 32. Ra6 Qb7
33. Qa2 Bf8 34. b6 Bh6 35. Ra3 Nf4 36. Bxf4 Bxf4 37. Qe2 Rh8 38. Qd1 Rc8
39. Qa4 h3 40. a8=Q h2+ 41. Kh1 Rxa8 42. Qxa8 Qxa8 43. Rxa8 f5 44. b7 Nd7
45. Rh8 Kf6 46. Rd8 {Arena Adjudication} 1-0
[/pgn]
:)
Hi Mike!!!

What a great pleasure to see you again! :D
I had my troubles too, I hope you're fully recovering.

:)
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Michael Sherwin
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Re: Back from the edge of death, again!

Post by Michael Sherwin »

Hi Rodolfo, Good to see you too! Romi says that when she gets her new clothes she wants to see how she does with your Manhattan book. :D
If you are on a sidewalk and the covid goes beep beep
Just step aside or you might have a bit of heat
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Can the people ever change their ways
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Sherwin if it catches you you're through
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Rodolfo Leoni
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Re: Back from the edge of death, again!

Post by Rodolfo Leoni »

Michael Sherwin wrote:Hi Rodolfo, Good to see you too! Romi says that when she gets her new clothes she wants to see how she does with your Manhattan book. :D
My Manhattan experiment isnt't worth of your Romi. I'd need to spend much more time for a book which gives Romi better positions to play. As you remember, that was a complete failure. :)
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Lyudmil Tsvetkov
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Re: Back from the edge of death, again!

Post by Lyudmil Tsvetkov »

Michael Sherwin wrote:Some months ago I was working on a promising new version of RomiChess. Then I started not feeling so good and confused my source code. I was not able to recover my promising changes and got more ill trying so I had to stop working on Romi and go into recuperation mode. I turned 60 on 7/27 and quite unexpectedly started feeling better. Today I started working on RomiChess again. I can't say for sure that I am back. But I'll give it the best I got!

Right away I saw a couple of bugs in my code and a tweak that I never tried before and the result was a sacrifice that Romi never made before and Romi won!

[pgn]
[Event "Romivoli"]
[Site "MASTER"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "RomiChess"]
[Black "OliThink532_x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Time "07:59:02"]
[Variation "6.e4 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.Nf3 b5"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 a6 9. Bf4 b5 10. a3 Qe7 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Ra6 14.
Nc7+ Kf8 15. Nxa6 Bxa6 16. Re1 h6 17. Qb3 g5 18. Bg3 f6 19. Nd2 Kf7 20. Nc4
Bxc4 21. Qxc4 h5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Qe2 Nbd7 24. a4 Ng6 25. a5 gxh4 26. Bh2
Nde5 27. a6 Qa7 28. Reb1 c4 29. b4 Qb6 30. b5 Ke7 31. a7 Ra8 32. Ra6 Qb7
33. Qa2 Bf8 34. b6 Bh6 35. Ra3 Nf4 36. Bxf4 Bxf4 37. Qe2 Rh8 38. Qd1 Rc8
39. Qa4 h3 40. a8=Q h2+ 41. Kh1 Rxa8 42. Qxa8 Qxa8 43. Rxa8 f5 44. b7 Nd7
45. Rh8 Kf6 46. Rd8 {Arena Adjudication} 1-0
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confusing one's source code is not such a big problem.

the really big problem is when one rightfully claims freedom and basic rights, and he gets killed instead.

that is what should be fixed.
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Michael Sherwin
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Re: Back from the edge of death, again!

Post by Michael Sherwin »

I do not want to sound insensitive but as unjust as the word is what does that have to do with me coming out with a new version of Romichess. And the confusing of my sources was not the problem nearly as much as how ill I was and unable to program or even think. If you have something to say about world conditions it probably should not be here. If you are talking about a chess programmer that got killed then make a new topic. Why are you burdening an old sick man?
If you are on a sidewalk and the covid goes beep beep
Just step aside or you might have a bit of heat
Covid covid runs through the town all day
Can the people ever change their ways
Sherwin the covid's after you
Sherwin if it catches you you're through
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Graham Banks
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Re: Back from the edge of death, again!

Post by Graham Banks »

Michael Sherwin wrote:Some months ago I was working on a promising new version of RomiChess. Then I started not feeling so good and confused my source code. I was not able to recover my promising changes and got more ill trying so I had to stop working on Romi and go into recuperation mode. I turned 60 on 7/27 and quite unexpectedly started feeling better. Today I started working on RomiChess again. I can't say for sure that I am back. But I'll give it the best I got!
Welcome back Mike. Glad you're feeling better. 8-)
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Andres Valverde
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Re: Back from the edge of death, again!

Post by Andres Valverde »

Welcome back Michael, a pleasure :)
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Rodolfo Leoni
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Re: Back from the edge of death, again!

Post by Rodolfo Leoni »

Andres Valverde wrote:Welcome back Michael, a pleasure :)
Hi Andres. How are you? And what about Dirty?

It looks I'm finding all my old friends, again here. :)
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Michael Sherwin
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Re: Back from the edge of death, again!

Post by Michael Sherwin »

Graham Banks wrote: Welcome back Mike. Glad you're feeling better. 8-)
Thanks! Hopefully soon Romi can play in your events once more.
If you are on a sidewalk and the covid goes beep beep
Just step aside or you might have a bit of heat
Covid covid runs through the town all day
Can the people ever change their ways
Sherwin the covid's after you
Sherwin if it catches you you're through
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