Galjoen 0.40 released

[Werner Taelemans]

There was a lot of refactoring, and several bugs were fixed.
This version is tactically much stronger than v_0.39.
Overall, I expect a +60 Elo.

[Gabor Szots]

There was a lot of refactoring, and several bugs were fixed.
This version is tactically much stronger than v_0.39.
Overall, I expect a +60 Elo.

Great! I am looking forward to testing it as soon as I can (which is very soon).

[Werner Taelemans]

I am looking forward to testing it as soon as I can (which is very soon).

Thanks!

[Modern Times]

I also look forward to running it at chess960.

[Werner Taelemans]

I also look forward to running it at chess960.

Super!

[Modern Times]

For me anyway, this does not play chess960. Weird evaluations followed by the game terminating with an illegal move.
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[Modern Times]

[pgn]
[Event "CCRL FRC"]
[Site "CCRL"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Galjoen 0.40"]
[Black "Pharaon 3.5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Time "20:13:36"]
[TimeControl "40/170:40/170:40/170"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[Number "1"]
[Termination "illegal move (bestmove d7d8q ponder a8b7)"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
[Variant "fischerandom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbqnbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQNBNR w HAha - 0 1"]

{ AMD FX-8350 }
1.e4 {[%eval 98,16] [%emt 00:00:04]} d5 {(e5) [%eval 20,11] [%emt 00:00:04]}
2.e5 {(e5) [%eval 86,16] [%emt 00:00:05]} Bf5 {(c5) [%eval 24,11] [%emt 00:00:04]}
3.d4 {(d4) [%eval 161,15] [%emt 00:00:05]} e6 {(c6) [%eval 35,11] [%emt 00:00:04]}
4.Bd3 {(Bd3) [%eval 172,14] [%emt 00:00:05]} Qd7 {(Bg6) [%eval 34,11] [%emt 00:00:04]}
5.Bxf5 {(Ne2) [%eval 207,17] [%emt 00:00:07]} exf5 {(exf5) [%eval 37,11] [%emt 00:00:03]}
6.Nd3 {(Qd3) [%eval 207,16] [%emt 00:00:09]} Ne7 {[%eval 45,11] [%emt 00:00:04]}
7.Nf3 {(Qf3) [%eval 240,13] [%emt 00:00:04]} Nc6 {(Nc6) [%eval 34,11] [%emt 00:00:04]}
8.Be3 {(Be3) [%eval 180,14] [%emt 00:00:08]} h6 {(g6) [%eval 36,11] [%emt 00:00:04]}
9.h4 {(h4) [%eval 211,14] [%emt 00:00:03]} O-O-O {[%eval 41,10] [%emt 00:00:09]}
10.Qd2 {(g3) [%eval 1480,14] [%emt 00:00:05]} Kb8 {[%eval 49,10] [%emt 00:00:04]}
11.O-O-O {(b1h1) [%eval 1529,14] [%emt 00:00:07]} Be7 {[%eval 43,10] [%emt 00:00:04]}
12.Rhe1 {(Kb1) [%eval 1507,14] [%emt 00:00:05]} b6 {[%eval 40,10] [%emt 00:00:04]}
13.b3 {(Bf4) [%eval 1491,12] [%emt 00:00:02]} Ba3 {(Ba3) [%eval 33,10] [%emt 00:00:03]}
14.Kb1 {(Kb1) [%eval 1436,18] [%emt 00:00:07]} a6 {(Ne7) [%eval 37,10] [%emt 00:00:03]}
15.Qe2 {(g3) [%eval 1517,13] [%emt 00:00:03]} Rg8 {(Na7) [%eval 45,10] [%emt 00:00:04]}
16.Nc5 {(Bd2) [%eval 1629,15] [%emt 00:00:03]} bxc5 {(Qc8) [%eval -69,11] [%emt 00:00:04]}
17.Qxa6 {(Qxa6) [%eval 1804,15] [%emt 00:00:03]} Bb4 {(Na7) [%eval -51,11] [%emt 00:00:03]}
18.Bd2 {(Bd2) [%eval 917,14] [%emt 00:00:03]} Bxd2 {[%eval -27,10] [%emt 00:00:04]}
19.Rxd2 {(Rxd2) [%eval 985,13] [%emt 00:00:02]} c4 {(Na7) [%eval -32,11] [%emt 00:00:05]}
20.bxc4 {(bxc4) [%eval 1130,15] [%emt 00:00:03]} Na7 {[%eval -29,10] [%emt 00:00:04]}
21.cxd5 {(Re3) [%eval 1197,16] [%emt 00:00:03]} Qxd5 {(Qxd5) [%eval 0,11] [%emt 00:00:03]}
22.c4 {(c4) [%eval 1179,16] [%emt 00:00:05]} Qc6 {(Qb7) [%eval 16,13] [%emt 00:00:03]}
23.Qxc6 {(Rb2) [%eval 1237,18] [%emt 00:00:07]} Nxc6 {(Nxc6) [%eval -29,11] [%emt 00:00:01]}
24.d5 {(Rb2) [%eval 1405,18] [%emt 00:00:05]} Na5 {(Na5) [%eval -15,11] [%emt 00:00:04]}
25.c5 {(Rc1) [%eval 1311,17] [%emt 00:00:06]} g5 {(Nc4) [%eval -14,11] [%emt 00:00:05]}
26.d6 {(e6) [%eval 1365,16] [%emt 00:00:02]} Nc4 {(Ng7) [%eval 2,10] [%emt 00:00:05]}
27.Rd4 {(Rd5) [%eval 1878,13] [%emt 00:00:02]} g4 {(cxd6) [%eval 48,10] [%emt 00:00:05]}
28.d7 {(Nh2) [%eval 2096,15] [%emt 00:00:03]} gxf3 {(Ng7) [%eval -123,12] [%emt 00:00:05]}
0-1
[/pgn]

[Modern Times]

See above.

I had the same issues both in Cutechess GUI and ChessGUI

[Modern Times]

Another example here (Cutechess)
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galjoen.JPG

[Werner Taelemans]

For me anyway, this does not play chess960. Weird evaluations followed by the game terminating with an illegal move.

OK, thanks for testing. I'll take a look at it. Do you know the illegal move in your first example? And the initial fen in your second example?