Rhetoric 1.4.1 64-bit Gauntlet for CCRL 40/40

[Graham Banks]

PGN - http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... p?id=33117

[asanjuan]

Thanks Graham.
Rhetoric has done a good job!

[PK]

Rhetoric is an engine I am jealous of, more than of the super-strong ones. It has a nice style!

[asanjuan]

Wow, thank you very much.

I always wanted to make something different and interesting (this is why the "!?" notation is in the logo).

[PK]

Well, You have apparently found the way of increasing engine's aggression without sacrificing playing strength. I still struggle with that. Increasing king safety/positional weights works only to a certain extent. I have found a couple of interesting ways to imitate certain playing styles (for example, increasing opponent's mobility by 10% gives an impression of a positional finesse), but as I tune my engine, they become more and more detrimental to playing strength.