Rodent Karpov+Topalov REALISTIC Personalities (coming soon)

[BrendanJNorman]

Hey Guys,

Been super busy lately and have had no time for hobbies...

BUT... my Rodent Karpov and Topalov personalities (or "GMs in a box" as I call them, since they have a dedicated opening book to exactly match the player's repertoire) are almost ready, I'll just tweak a little more and make the ideas available on my site (so busy even my site hasnt been updated for two months )

Here are some samples for style comparison:

Real Anatoly Karpov:

[pgn][Event "Hellas rapid m"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Nf4 Ne7 8. h4
cxd4 9. Nb5 Nec6 10. h5 Be4 11. f3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 13. Qg3 Nbc6 14. Nd3 Qa5+
15. Kd1 Nxd3 16. Bxd3 e5 17. Re1 f6 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. a4 a6 20. a5 Qd8 21. g5
axb5 22. Bxb5 Kf7 23. g6+ hxg6 24. hxg6+ Ke6 25. Ra4 Bc5 26. b4 Bd6 27. Bf1 f5
28. b5 e4 29. Qb3 Nxa5 30. Qa2 b6 31. Rxd4 Be5 32. Ra4 Rh2 33. Be2 Qc7 34. c4
dxc4 35. Bxa5 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 bxa5 37. Qxc4+ Qxc4 38. Bxc4+ Kf6 39. Rf1 a4 40. b6
f4 41. Bd5 e3 42. Bf3 Rd2+ 43. Kc1 a3 44. Rd1 a2 45. Rxd2 a1=Q+ 46. Kc2 Qc3+
0-1[/pgn]

Anatoly Karpov (Rodent):

[pgn][Event "Test"]
[Site "BRENDANNORM8A0A"]
[Date "2016.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hiarcs X54"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov (Rodent)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Na3 f6 10. Ne1 h5 11. f4 O-O-O 12. c4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5
15. Qe3 d4 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Bd1 Bc5 18. Bf4 d3+ 19. Kh1 Ng4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21.
Nb1 Bg6 22. Nd2 Bd4 23. Bg5 Rdf8 24. Rd1 e5 25. g3 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Rf8 27. Ng2
Rf2 28. Nd2 Re2 29. b3 c5 30. Rf1 Kc7 31. Re1 Be8 32. Rxe2 dxe2 33. Nb1 Bg6 34.
Na3 a6 35. Bd2 Be4 36. Be1 b6 37. Bd2 Bf2 38. b4 cxb4 39. Bxb4 0-1[/pgn]

You can't tell the difference, right?

Note the move 36...b6!? which highlights that fact that white is in fact in zugzwang. None of his pieces can move and Karpov just waits.

What about this one...

Real Topalov:

[pgn][Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Neg5 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15.
O-O-O Bd6 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. Re1 Na6 18. Re6 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bxb5
Be7 22. Ng6 Nxd5 23. Rxe7+ Nxe7 24. Bc4+ Kf6 25. Nxh8 Qd4 26. Rd1 Qa1+ 27. Kd2
Qd4+ 28. Ke1 Qe5+ 29. Qe2 Qxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Nf5 31. Nf7 a5 32. g4 Nh4 33. h3 Ra7
34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rb6 Rc7 36. Ne5 Ng2 37. Ng6+ Kd8 38. Kf1 Bb7 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40.
Kxg2 Rd7 41. Nf8 Rd2 42. Ne6+ Ke7 43. Nxg7 Rxa2 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Nxh6 Rc2 46.
Bf7 Rc3 47. f4 a4 48. bxa4 b3 49. g5+ Kg7 50. f5 b2 51. f6+ Kh7 52. Nf5 1-0[/pgn]

Veselin Topalov (Rodent):

[pgn][Event "Veselin Topalov Test Blitz"]
[Site "BRENDANNORM8A0A"]
[Date "2016.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov (Rodent)"]
[Black "Prodeo 2.2 SMP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Qa4 Bb7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Nb4 10. O-O Nbxd5 11. e4 Bc6 12. Qb3 Nc7 13. Ne5 Ne6 14. Nc3 Bb7
15. Rd1 Be7 16. Bh3 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Bd6 21.
Nc4 Qc7 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Re5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Ng8 25. Qf3 Nh6 26. Nd6 a6 27. Re1
a5 28. Re3 a4 29. Qh5 Qd8 30. Rf3 Qe7 31. Nxf7 Nxf7 32. e6 dxe6 33. dxe6 Kg8
34. Rxf7 Qd6 35. Rd7 g6 36. Qf3 Qf8 1-0[/pgn]

Both the personalities styles are basically IDENTICAL to the real life GM.

Now I can play training games against Topalov or Karpov, whenever I want!

Will finish tweaking and share within a few days (when my work is caught up).

Keep up the great work (to the programming geniuses behind all of this).

[carldaman]

Thanks, Brendan! "Fascinating!", as Mr. Spock would surely say...

[karger]

You seem very impressed with yourself.

[PK]

I can't wait to see the parameters You used.

[BrendanJNorman]

Thanks, Brendan! "Fascinating!", as Mr. Spock would surely say...

Haha! Thank Pawel for giving us the ability to basically lobotomize Rodent in 20,000 different ways via his online personality tuner!

Much more fun than downloading the latest Stockfish every hour and getting

I have so many GMs I wanna clone (via Rodent) it's developing into a mental illness.

[BrendanJNorman]

I can't wait to see the parameters You used.

Should have time on Monday and of course, you'll be the first to know.

[BrendanJNorman]

You seem very impressed with yourself.

What gave it away?

Perhaps the words: "Keep up the great work (to the programming geniuses behind all of this)"?



What you witnessed was me sharing my passion for chess (and appreciation of what guys like Pawel, Ed and others who program for playing 'style', as well as strength), and even if you aren't, many computer chess enthusiasts ARE interested in what I've shared.

I receive emails every week (via my website mailing list) asking when the next new engine personality is coming, or for my settings for this or that engine.

If you'd prefer stay in the basement and run a 10,000 game match between various SF derivatives (that are 2 hours and 20 minutes old), while not understanding a single move they made (if you bothered to even check the games), go for it.

But don't pollute my post with your condescending tone and venomous attitude.

I checked your previous posts and even going back years, you've rarely had anything but mean or negative things to say to people.

Historical evidence points to you being not a very nice human being, John.

Wake up to yourself and learn to be nice.

[BrendanJNorman]

I can't wait to see the parameters You used.

Forgot to mention...

The settings might seem a little extreme to you, since I had no worries at all about sacrificing strength to get the style I was aiming for.

When I checked Topalov's games and seen the win against Prodeo 2.2 (which appears to be a big jump in strength, plus lovely playing style returned), I couldn't believe it honestly.

I thought Arena must have crashed and misreported the result, but then I looked at the game...

Any news on Rodent for what's on the horizon?

[PK]

I'm slowly working on a multiprocessor version of Rodent. The main problem is that it was impossible to do using the current codebase, so I had to retract hundreds of changes in order to make it work. Right now I'm in the process of adding them back and testing them one by one.

[PeterO]

That was NOT necessary!

No one forces you to read Brendans arcticles - I am VERY intersted in his work and read his blog regulary.

Peter