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- Sat May 12, 2012 4:10 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: I don't see the analysis of Houdini in this Championship?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5811
Re: I don't see the analysis of Houdini in this Championship
I fail to see why the use of the engine would need special permission to be used in a website. Because it is not be allowed by the license agreement: Subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement, permission is granted to install and execute the Houdini Chess Engine (the "Software") and use...
- Sat May 05, 2012 2:46 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: When will we see HOUDINI in official tournaments?
- Replies: 144
- Views: 42804
Re: When will we see HOUDINI in official tournaments?
............But it also makes sense that tournaments would want entrants that do not always pick the same moves. -Sam Indeed! Makes it much more interesting from a spectator's point of view. My solution would be to let everybody play on a giant all play all basis and then the warring factions (evan...
- Thu May 03, 2012 8:27 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: Programming and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Mobility eval
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9486
Re: Mobility eval
The table is non-linear so that having some mobility is more important than having a lot. In other words if one bishop is highly mobile and the other has little mobility it is much more important to help the bishop with low mobility. I have always felt this way too, even to the point where I consid...
- Wed May 02, 2012 8:48 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: Programming and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Mobility eval
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9486
Re: Mobility eval
The table is non-linear so that having some mobility is more important than having a lot. In other words if one bishop is highly mobile and the other has little mobility it is much more important to help the bishop with low mobility. I have always felt this way too, even to the point where I consid...
- Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:20 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: Programming and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Possible LMR improvement using AB_FOOL
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10624
Re: Possible LMR improvement using AB_FOOL
Got an idea yesterday based on an old idea I never got to work. It's about doing LMR at root moves. LMR at root moves hurts my engine but not that much. Now that I have added special code to it I get a nice improvement by fooling Alpha-Beta (AB) till a given iteration depth. The idea is to do the f...
- Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:55 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: Programming and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Possible LMR improvement using AB_FOOL
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10624
Re: Possible LMR improvement using AB_FOOL
Got an idea yesterday based on an old idea I never got to work. It's about doing LMR at root moves. LMR at root moves hurts my engine but not that much. Now that I have added special code to it I get a nice improvement by fooling Alpha-Beta (AB) till a given iteration depth. The idea is to do the f...
- Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:59 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: Programming and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Possible LMR improvement using AB_FOOL
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10624
Re: Possible LMR improvement using AB_FOOL
Got an idea yesterday based on an old idea I never got to work. It's about doing LMR at root moves. LMR at root moves hurts my engine but not that much. Now that I have added special code to it I get a nice improvement by fooling Alpha-Beta (AB) till a given iteration depth. The idea is to do the f...