I've been fiddling with my chess engine

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Michael Sherwin
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I've been fiddling with my chess engine

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There may soon be a new release of RomiChess. Here is a pretty and brutal attacking game that I thought was worth sharing.

[pgn][Event "Arena tournament"]
[Site "MASTER"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "RomiChessP3m"]
[Black "Tcb0052"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "A87"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Time "01:03:53"]
[Variation "Leningrad, Main Line, 6.Nc3"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[TimeControl "30+2"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Qb3 Na6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. d6+ Kh8 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. O-O Rb8 13. Ne5 b5 14. Nd5
c4 15. Qe3 Qd8 16. Ne7 Rb6 17. a4 Nh5 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Bd5 Rxd6 20. Bf7 Rxf7
21. N5xg6+ hxg6 22. Nxg6+ Kh7 23. Qxe8 Kxg6 24. axb5 Bxb2 25. Rad1 Re6 26.
Qxc8 Kxg5 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxd7 Nc5 29. Qd2+ Kg6 30. Qxb2 Nb3 31. Rd1 a6
32. bxa6 Rxa6 33. Qe5 Nf6 34. Qb5 Re6 35. Qxc4 Re4 36. Qxb3 Rxe2 37. h4 Re7
38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kf3 Ng4 40. Kf4 Nh6 41. f3 Kh7 42. h5 Ng8 43. Kxf5 Nh6+ 44.
Kf6 Rf7+ 45. Qxf7+ Nxf7 46. Kxf7 Kh6 47. Rd5 Kh7 48. Rd6 Kh8 49. Rh6# 1-0
[/pgn]
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Eagerly looking forward to a new version! :P
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Welcome back my dear friend :D
Good to see you live and kicking again regards,
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Re: I've been fiddling with my chess engine

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Welcome back Michael! Romi still with learning feature?

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Hi Dr. D, Glad to see most of my friends are still here!
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Re: I've been fiddling with my chess engine

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Hi Guenther, Romi will always have learning. :)
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Re: I've been fiddling with my chess engine

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The playing style looks human-like and aggressive - nice stuff Michael, I'd love to test it.

Got a download link?
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I think that the few fans that RomiChess has had over the years is because of the playing style and the learning of course. Here is a game in which Romi sacrifices a piece on move 19 and the opponent thinks it winning by move 23. By move 38 Romi is clearly won!

[pgn] [Event "Arena tournament"]
[Site "MASTER"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "RomiChessP3m"]
[Black "Horizon_4_4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "A68"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Time "15:54:02"]
[Variation "Four Pawns, 9.Bd3"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[TimeControl "30+2"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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.
Bf4 O-O 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. O-O Na6 14. a3
f5 15. Ng5 f4 16. Bd2 Rae8 17. Rab1 Nc7 18. b4 h6 19. bxc5 hxg5 20. cxd6
Na8 21. Nb5 Be5 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. Bb4 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 f3 25. gxf3 Rxf3 26.
Bf1 Rf8 27. Re1 Nf4 28. Bc3 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 Nh3+ 30. Bxh3 Bxh3 31. Re3 Bc8
32. Rg3 Kg7 33. Rxg5 Kh6 34. Rg3 Kg7 35. Kg2 Re8 36. f4 Kh7 37. e5 Bf5 38.
e6 Rg8 39. Nb5 Be4+ 40. Kg1 Bxd5 41. f5 Bc6 42. f6 Rb8 43. Rh3+ Kg8 44. Nd4
Ba4 45. f7+ Kg7 46. Rh7+ Kxh7 47. e7 Re8 48. f8=Q Nc7 49. dxc7 Rxf8 50.
exf8=Q {Arena Adjudication} 1-0[/pgn]

I do not have a download link. I used to send RomiChess to WBEC chess. Has anyone continued WBEC after Leo Dickmans death? If not does anyone have a suggestion where I can send RomiChess for download?
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Michael Sherwin wrote:If not does anyone have a suggestion where I can send RomiChess for download?
I'd be happy to put it in the CCRL public forum if you wish.
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Thanks Graham, I hope to have it to you soon!
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