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Graham Banks wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:30 am

Can't recall having this issue with previous versions though.

I just checked version 1.12 which has the same 'issue'. I will update this for the next version but don't know when it will be released.

It is not a time loss issue but the engine crashes during its initialization: Eng01 (chess22k 1.13 64-bit) <- java.lang.NullPointerException Eng01 (chess22k 1.13 64-bit) <- at java.base/java.util.Arrays.fill(Arrays.java:3355) Eng01 (chess22k 1.13 64-bit) <- at nl.s22k.chess.search.TTUtil.clearValues...

4 connected passed pawns

Could you maybe include chess22k 1.13 in your testing?
Thanks!

I have just released chess22k 1.13. This is mainly a bugfix/code-cleanup release which is about 20 elo stronger than the previous version.

https://github.com/sandermvdb/chess22k/ ... s/tag/1.13

Amersfoort is a good location for me but unfortunately I cannot participate that weekend.
Good luck all and see you next time!

Hi, Java 11 is installed, however it is impossible to run your engine. Pity. There is not a simpler way to turn it ? :( Running my engine with OpenJDK is not that difficult: download the OpenJDK, unzip the zip file, go to the bin folder and execute the following command: java -jar [location of ches...

Best option for engine testers is to use OpenJDK I think. It is free and runs Java 11 binaries.
One drawback is that there is no executable so you have to add the java.exe manually to your path.

How does one make it use 4 cores or 8 cores? Would providing bat files for each make it easier for the user (as with the latest Pirarucu)? Using multiple cores can easily be set by using the UCI threads command. Or do you really need that it can be set using a .bat file? But as is mentioned in the ...

I've just released chess22k 1.12 which participated this weekend in the CSVN tournament. Score is around 3100 elo.
The binaries are build using Java 11.

https://github.com/sandermvdb/chess22k/ ... s/tag/1.12