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Outperforming stockfish.
Possibly could beat Rybka.
All in a program the size of a grain of sand.
I do have two wishes:
1. A cotton-picking, gravy-licking pv
2. For Lance and {someone else is working on it now whose name escapes me} to write a book on how to write a chess program.
Thinker is blowing my mind
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Re: Thinker is blowing my mind
I have one wish to add. Please release it.Dann Corbit wrote:http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/premier.htm
Outperforming stockfish.
Possibly could beat Rybka.
All in a program the size of a grain of sand.
I do have two wishes:
1. A cotton-picking, gravy-licking pv
2. For Lance and {someone else is working on it now whose name escapes me} to write a book on how to write a chess program.
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Re: Thinker is blowing my mind
???Dann Corbit wrote:http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/premier.htm
Outperforming stockfish.
Possibly could beat Rybka.
All in a program the size of a grain of sand.
I do have two wishes:
1. A cotton-picking, gravy-licking pv
2. For Lance and {someone else is working on it now whose name escapes me} to write a book on how to write a chess program.
Lance designs engines such that they have no pv.
He calls that "elegance".
My engine was quite strong till I added knowledge to it.
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Re: Thinker is blowing my mind
I agree, it's quite useless archive-wise not to be able to see eval/depth/PVs etc.
But the way it plays is really interesting.
Best,
Martin
But the way it plays is really interesting.
Best,
Martin
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Re: Thinker is blowing my mind
The name that had escaped me was Kerwin Medina.Dann Corbit wrote:http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/premier.htm
Outperforming stockfish.
Possibly could beat Rybka.
All in a program the size of a grain of sand.
I do have two wishes:
1. A cotton-picking, gravy-licking pv
2. For Lance and {someone else is working on it now whose name escapes me} to write a book on how to write a chess program.
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Re: Thinker is blowing my mind
If we know how to write engines that are as strong as thinker then I guess that adding pv is going to be an easy job.Matthias Gemuh wrote:???Dann Corbit wrote:http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/premier.htm
Outperforming stockfish.
Possibly could beat Rybka.
All in a program the size of a grain of sand.
I do have two wishes:
1. A cotton-picking, gravy-licking pv
2. For Lance and {someone else is working on it now whose name escapes me} to write a book on how to write a chess program.
Lance designs engines such that they have no pv.
He calls that "elegance".
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Re: Thinker is blowing my mind
Thinker has played 4 bottom engines and not won any better one actually. Even more stunning is single Rick48!
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Re: Thinker is blowing my mind
Glad to see a new version of my favorite engine making great new strides. It would even be more mind blowing if Thinker is still playing with its unique and remarkable playing style
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Re: Thinker is blowing my mind
The developmental version of Thinker plays on FICS under the Thinker(C) handle. Considering the hardware it runs on, the engine appears to be in line with or better than the Rybka's. I wouldn't be surprised to see Thinker in the top three at the end of the WBEC, but I agree its too early to call.
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Re: Thinker is blowing my mind
Just to keep things in perspective, feel free to try to explain to me how one actually develops a chess engine that does _not_ display the PV or score? How does one test and debug such an engine?Dann Corbit wrote:http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/premier.htm
Outperforming stockfish.
Possibly could beat Rybka.
All in a program the size of a grain of sand.
I do have two wishes:
1. A cotton-picking, gravy-licking pv
2. For Lance and {someone else is working on it now whose name escapes me} to write a book on how to write a chess program.
food for thought, for those that actually have inquiring minds, rather than being mindless followers...
There is logical, and there is irrational, one chooses their camp.