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- Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:49 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: New uci engine: Rofchade
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9639
Re: New uci engine: Rofchade
Nice - big congrats! It's impressive that you've got so far with only PSTs. One super-small point: I notice that Rofchad will return a best move if it finds a mate in analysis mode. Strictly speaking this shouldn't be the case for a UCI compliant engine, although it is really a few flaws of the UCI ...
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:52 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: In Praise of The King
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6615
Re: In Praise of The King
The King has always been one of my favorites. I'm quite sure Johann discovered some tactical tricks that no other engine uses. I only wish he'd create an official UCI version. I had a chat with Johann at the 2015 WCCC. He was pretty adamant that he wouldn't be releasing a new version - such a pity. ...
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 11:32 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: Programming and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Time Management and Move Selection
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3781
Re: Time Management and Move Selection
I believe Ed Schroeder did something similar in his engines. You might also look in the hash table to see if the candidate for a single move was an exact match with sufficient search depth.
Steve
Steve
- Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:33 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: New WCCC Version of The Baron Released (Plus Polyglot Opening Book)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3364
- Sun Jul 22, 2018 11:58 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: New WCCC Version of The Baron Released (Plus Polyglot Opening Book)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3364
New WCCC Version of The Baron Released (Plus Polyglot Opening Book)
Richard Pijl has been kind enough to released The Baron 3.43. This is almost identical to the version that played in the 2018 WCCC. Here are Richard’s release notes: Changes since 3.42: Bugs solved: Pin detection in evaluation only detected close pins. Handle spaces in the syzygy path Slightly more ...
- Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:52 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: World Speed Chess Championship, WCSC and WCCC
- Replies: 57
- Views: 11697
Re: World Speed Chess Championship, WCSC and WCCC
Can someone confirm that "Boot" is still written in Pascal / Delphi?
Steve
Steve
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:36 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: 28 core 5 Ghz intel
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3325
Re: 28 core 5 Ghz intel
AMD has responded with this... https://www.cnet.com/news/amds-new-32-core-second-gen-ryzen-chips-set-to-debut-in-q3-2018/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0e&linkId=52633684 Hope fully Threadripper 2 will be around the same price point as the original Threadripper. This would mean you can get a 32 core system for ~...
- Sun May 13, 2018 1:26 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: Programming and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Ryzen 2 and BMI2?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3019
Ryzen 2 and BMI2?
The first generation of Ryzen processors are extremely slow at executing the BMI2 instruction set. Does anyone know if this has been corrected in Ryzen 2 chips?
- Steve
- Steve
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 1:42 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: the annihilation of Stockfish with queen sacrifice 2018
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4515
Re: the annihilation of Stockfish with queen sacrifice 2018
If the post title was simply, "human beats StockFish" I wouldn't blink and eye. Instead it was click-bait claiming an "annihilation" due to a "queen sacrifice". Of course I'd like to see such a game so I played through it. Only to find it was a win on time. Not only that, Pablo wasn't winning at the...
- Sat Apr 07, 2018 4:26 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: the annihilation of Stockfish with queen sacrifice 2018
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4515
Re: the annihilation of Stockfish with queen sacrifice 2018
It's a loss on time. Hardly outsmarting the engine.syzygy wrote:Boring to watch in real time, but it does show nicely how engines can still be outsmarted.Steve Maughan wrote:Possibly the most boring game I've ever watched - YMMV. Describing it as an "annihilation" is a stretch at best.
Steve