Hermann 1.6.28

[Wolfgang]

Hi all,
does anyone have this version or a download adress? Google was not my friend in this concern...
Thanks!

[karger]

I can share Hermann 1.5 or 1.7 , if that interests you ? Karger

[reflectionofpower]

I could only find 2.8 http://www.nnuss.de/Hermann/

[gerold]

I could only find 2.8 http://www.nnuss.de/Hermann/

Thanks for the link.

Best,
Gerold.

[Sylwy]

Hi all,
does anyone have this version or a download adress? Google was not my friend in this concern...
Thanks!

Here are: 1.3.5 - 1.9 - 2.5.

I have - for sure - all versions but I must to search a night & a day (or vice versa ):

http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/ ... pilation)/

(attention to the termination of my above address in your browser ) !

Cheers,
SilvianR

[Ajedrecista]

Hello Wolfang:

Hi all,
does anyone have this version or a download adress? Google was not my friend in this concern...
Thanks!

Thank you very much for the work of CEGT.

Are you sure that 1.6.58 is not a private version? From the readme file of 1.6 version:

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Version history
===============


Version 1.6
- updated neural network for material evaluation and timing


Version 1.5.15 (private, chess-960.org)
- bugfix in mate prunung


Version 1.5.14 (private, chess-960.org, RWBC)
- recapture extension changed


Version 1.5.13 (private)
- hash table changed
- bugfix in hash table
- move ordering changed


Version 1.5.12 (private)
- Doppelzüge speichern


Version 1.5.11 (private)
- optimizations


Version 1.5.10 (private)
- history pruning changed
- updated neural network for material evaluation and timing


Version 1.5.9 (private, chess-960.org)
- recapture extension changed


Version 1.5.8 (private)
- pawn center evaluation changed


Version 1.5.7 (private)
- castling evaluation changed


Version 1.5.6 (private)
- history heuristic improved


Version 1.5.5 (private)
- king safety changed
- History pruning changed
- bugfixes


Version 1.5.4 (private)
- king safety changed


Version 1.5.3 (private)
- endgame knowledge added, simplified and corrected


Version 1.5.2 (private)
- king safety changed
- endgame knowledge added


Version 1.5.1 (private)
- changes in book creation


Version 1.5
- Opening book by Christian Bartsch
- bugfixes


Version 1.4.11 (privat)
- improved rook pawn evaluation in endgames
- changed knight evaluation
- removed changes from version 1.4.9 and 1.4.10
- small optimizations


Version 1.4.10 (privat)
- changed endgame evaluation


Version 1.4.9 (privat)
- changed endgame evaluation


Version 1.4.8 (privat)
- bugfix in book creation
- bugfix in normal chess castlings


Version 1.4.7 (privat)
- bugfix in book creation
- small optimizations


Version 1.4.6 (privat)
- changed evaluation of trapped bishops


Version 1.4.5 (privat)
- send Chess960 castling move as described in new UCI protocol specification
  (Arena is still supported!)


Version 1.4.4 (private)
- Bugfix in evaluation of trapped bishops


Version 1.4.3
- changed history pruning 
- removed changes from V1.4.2


Version 1.4.2 (private)
- changed evaluation of hanging pieces


Version 1.4.1 (private)
- bugfixes in king safety and pawn evaluation


Version 1.4 (private)
- changed history pruning 
- changed king safety
- resign is now optional


Version 1.3.20 (private)
- history pruning


Version 1.3.19 (private)
- changed pawn evaluation


Version 1.3.18 (private)
- changed material evaluation


Version 1.3.17 (privat)
- some bugfixes
- read Shredder-FEN lesen
- read UCI extensions for Chess960 (not changed bestmove/ponder)


Version 1.3.16 (private)
- improved (?) Chess960 opening evaluation
- changed material evaluation


Version 1.3.15 (private)
- improved Chess960 opening evaluation
- improved endgame evaluation


Version 1.3.14 (private)
- removed changes in qsearch from V 1.3.13 again
- improved bishop evaluation in Chess960 openings


Version 1.3.13 (private)
- bugfix in endgame
- qsearch changed


Version 1.3.12 (private)
- PV search


Version 1.3.11 (private)
- more endgame knowledge
- material evaluation changed
- king safety changed
- improved compatible book format (old books can still be used)


Version 1.3.10 (private)
- fixed bug, that caused search instability


Version 1.3.9 (private)
- bugfix in book creation
- allow short games in book
- opening evaluation changed


Version 1.3.8 (private)
- improved endgame
- some bugfixes


Version 1.3.7 (private)
- perft with hash table
- better draw detection


Version 1.3.6 (private)
- some endgames rewritten
- inproved mate threat detection


Version 1.3.5
- timing changed
- Hash table simplified
- extensions simplified


Version 1.3.4 (private)
- King safety in late middlegame and endgame
- evaluation in opening changed


Version 1.3.3 (private)
- extensions changed
- repetition detection after check in qsearch


Version 1.3.2 (private)
- bugfixes in qsearch and multi PV mode
- multi PV mode gives exact results even with big score differences
- move ordering improved


Version 1.3.1
- qsearch improved :-)
- bugfixes
- default value for option NeuroMaterial changed from 10 to 15


Version 1.3 (private)
- timing improved
- bugfixes


Version 1.2.99 (private)
- bugfixes
- optimizations


Version 1.2.98 (private)
- some bugfixes
- optimizations
- nullmove changed (once again)
- king safety changed


Version 1.2.97 (private)
- bugfixes
- optimizations
- timing changed


Version 1.2.96 (private)
- improved evaluation
- imprived move ordering


Version 1.2.95 (private)
- improved search extensions
- optimizations
- UCI pption "FRC" renamed in "Chess960"


Version 1.2.94 (private)
- evaluation changed


Version 1.2.93 (private, AEGT 4)
- move ordering like in 1.2.91
- trapped bishops


Version 1.2.92 (private)
- move ordering changed
- nullmove changed
- small optimizations


Version 1.2.91 (private)
- changed pawn evaluation
- small optimizations


Version 1.2.90 (private)
- multi PV mode


Version 1.2.8
- pinned pieces
- bugfix in material evaluation
- nullmove changed


Version 1.2.7 (Arena FRC-Setup)
- optimizations


Version 1.2.6 (private)
- improved timing
- bugfix in hash table


Version 1.2.5 (private)
- nullmove back to version 1.2.3 and earlier
- improved qsearch
- optimizations


Version 1.2.4 (private)
- changes in nullmove
- optimizations


Version 1.2.3 (private)
- small bugfixes
- improved timing


Version 1.2.2 (private)
- timing bug fixed
- improved best move change prediction
- improved Pawn evaluation


Version 1.2.1 (private)
- timing broken
- improved Pawn evaluation


Version 1.2
- new opening book
- material evaluation changed
- best move change prediction for timing
- linux


Version 1.1.92 (private)
- improved timing


Version 1.1.91 (private)
- bugfixes
- changed timing


Version 1.1.90 (private)
- Material evaluation with neural network


Version 1.1.23 (private, UCI League D-4)
- transposition cutoffs
- bugfixes


Version 1.1.22 (private)
- simplified mobility evaluation
- bugfixes


Version 1.1.21 (private)
- improved evaluation
- improved move ordering


Version 1.1.20 (private)
- mate threats stored in hash table
- improved selectivity


Version 1.1.19 (private)
- changed knight evaluation
- minor bugfix


Version 1.1.18 (private)
- changed knight evaluation
- changed pawn evaluation with opposite castling


Version 1.1.17 (private)
- simplified move ordering
- improved hash table


Version 1.1.16 (private)
- improved recapture extension


Version 1.1.15 (private)
- simplified recapture extension


Version 1.1.14 (private)
- changes in selectivity


Version 1.1.13 (private)
- changes in move ordering


Version 1.1.12
- changes in evaluation
- bugfixes
- changes in move ordering
- changes in selectivity

   Version 1.1.62 (private)
   - experimental version based on Version 1.1.12


Version 1.1.11 (private)
- book creation parameter threshould renamed to threshold
- checks in quiescence search


Version 1.1.10
- removed a bug in selectivity
- evaluation of pawn majorities in endgame
- evaluation for bishop pair plus knights
- improved selectivity in endgames
- Linux


Version 1.1.9 (private)
- introduced a bug in selectivity


Version 1.1.8 (private, AEGT)
- passed pawn evaluation changes

   Version 1.1.58 (private)
   - experimental version based on Version 1.1.8


Version 1.1.7 (private)
- null move changes

   Version 1.1.50 (private)
   - experimental version based on Version 1.1.7


Version 1.1.6
- knowledge about some endgames
- new opening book


Version 1.1.5 (private)
- new compiler used: 6% faster
- minor changes


Version 1.1.4
- improved search extensions from version 1.1.3


Version 1.1.3 (private)
- search extensions in positions with only one or two possible moves


Version 1.1.2 (private)
- improved stalemate detection
- minor changes in search


Version 1.1.1

- bugfixed and improved pawn endgames again
- timing changed
- Linux


Version 1.1 (private)

- bugfixed and improved pawn endgames
- new opening book
- faster book creation and book reading


Version 1.0.8 (private)

- improved king safety


Version 1.0.7 (private)

- improved king safety
- improved pawn endgames


Version 1.0.6 (private, RWBC)

- bugfix: new thread synchronisation in winboard protocol


Version 1.0.5

- bugfix in Fischer Random Chess


Version 1.0.4

- selective search improved
- move ordering improved
- evaluation improved


Version 1.0

- bugfix losing on time
- new opening book
- bugfixes in evaluation


Version 0.9.4 beta

- bugfix 50 moves rule
- bugfix resign with black


Version 0.9.3 beta

- winboard 2 protocol
- bugfixes in evaluation
- bugfix in pondering
- various other bugfixes


Version 0.9

- new opening book
- exclude some moves from quiescence search
- changes in timing
- bugfix in endgame K+P versus P
- Linux version


Version 0.3.4 (private, Chesswar IV)

- new opening book
- various Bugfixes


Version 0.3.3 (private)

- book creation


Version 0.3.2

- UCI option ponder
  ponder was possible since version 0.1 with Arena.
  Fritz needs this option for pondering.


Version 0.3.1

- more changes in timing
- move changes in selective search
- UCI option for FRC castling output as O-O or O-O-O


Version 0.3 (private)

- changes in timing
- changes in selective search



Version 0.2 (private, Chesswar III)

- improved UCI support
- Fischer Random Chess (FRC)
- bufixes in evaluation
- various other bugfixes



Version 0.1

- first public version 24.05.2003

Many of the versions called 1.x.y are private and public releases are named 1.x only. You can use the WayBack Machine, for example:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060507091 ... e/Hermann/

You can browse at different dates. I tried 1.7 version and it is unreachable; but 1.6, 1.9 and 2.0 are still downloadable using this trick. It is very possible that Hermann 1.6.58 can only be provided by some testers (CCRL or CEGT) and by the own author Volker Annuss.

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.