*NEW VERSION* of The Baron

[pijl]

Thanks for hosting it Steve!
As to why it is not on my own site: I have some trouble updating it as I lost my Netobjects installation. Steve already offered to host it when we met in Leiden last week, so that seemed to be the easy solution. I do not rule out that I revive my own site, but it just has no priority at the moment.

As to this version: As has been spotted by some, this is a three year old version of the Baron that I made available for fans of engines with their own character. It is closely related to a version playing at the WCCC 2011 in Tilburg (it is a bit newer than that one, but not much).

The Baron 3.x series is not related in any way to the Baron 2.x. In fact, it started as 'Crashtest Dummy'. When I finally retired the Baron 2.x I renamed crashtest dummy to become the next generation of the Baron. This is a fresh new engine, sharing almost none of the code with the previous generation.

About a general release of the current version (3.39): That will not happen in the near future, but maybe in a couple of years or so. So for now the only way to enjoy that one is to watch the tournaments that I play in, and perhaps a few selected 'basement' tournaments.

[supersharp77]

Thanks Richard! Its been a long time coming! Looking forward to see how it stacks up to the prior editions! Thx AR

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Thanks for the release

I am having trouble getting it to work under the Deep Fritz 14 GUI....

It keeps on giving exceptions....

Here is the Wb2UCI I am using:

[ENGINE]
Name=The Baron 3.29 x64 MP
Author=Richard Pijl
Filename=BaronUCI.exe

[OPTIONS]
Program=baron329-x64.exe
Ponder=false
Analyze=true
OwnBook=false
Learning=3
ShowThinkingMove=true
;Logfile=true
Visible=Ponder,ShowThinkingMove,Logfile,Extras


Does it need any specific parameters to be added
Thanks in advance,
Dr.D

[Graham Banks]

You don't need to use the wb2uci adapters because The Baron is already a uci engine.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

You don't need to use the wb2uci adapters because The Baron is already a uci engine.

Graham,you saved me again....

That's 2 times in a raw in less than one week....

Reward=A box of beer by your choice shipped to your doorstep,shipping fees on you
Dr.D

[supersharp77]

Just a thought/question......many versions of Baron (old and new) and not one of the files contains the elusive "Baron Book" now the new version 3.29 mentions Baron Book "Big"........anyone have any idea where the Baron Book "Big" "Medium" and "Small" are available for download? Thx AR

[pijl]

Sorry, I have not made any books available. I'm afraid you'll have to use a GUI book or (if you really want to) a suitable ctg book (note the limitations I mentioned elsewhere).
Richard.

[giovanni]

Richard Pijl has released a new version of The Baron. You can find out more here:

http://www.chessprogramming.net/new-engine-the-baron/

Steve

That's great news. I remember that Baron was told to have great learning capabilities, especially in this version. Is there any tutorial that is available to user willing to tweak with its capabilities? I remember that Rodolfo Leoni, the person who did much of the work on learning, used to post here. May be he can provide us with some example.

[Werner]

Here is a nice one from The Baron:

[pgn]
[Event "40 Züge in 8 min"]
[Site "Werner"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "The Baron 3.29 x64 1CPU"]
[Black "Toga II 1.4.3 JDb19a 1CPU"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 e6 {0.98/15 10} 7.
O-O {0.35/15 11} Bd6 {(Sbd7) 0.84/15 11} 8. Qe1 {(Dd2) 0.49/16 23} Qd8 {0.85/
16 14} 9. Ne4 {0.57/17 19} Nxe4 {0.95/16 9} 10. Qxe4 {0.59/17 9} Nd7 {0.80/16 9
} 11. Bd3 {0.60/17 20} h6 {0.87/16 24} 12. Re1 {0.64/17 34} Nf6 {(g5) 0.89/17
23} 13. Qh4 {0.70/16 15} O-O {(Ld7) 1.00/15 11} 14. Bxh6 {(Se5) 2.33/16 46} Re8
{3.06/16 34} 15. Bg5 {3.24/15 14} Be7 {3.07/16 12} 16. Ne5 {3.37/16 19} c5 {
(a5) 6.24/1621} 17. dxc5 {5.42/15 28} Bxc5 {(Dc7) 6.25/15 7} 18. Bh7+ {7.84/13
7} 1-0
[/pgn]

[pijl]

Here is a nice one from The Baron:

Nice! Although a move like 13..O-O is just asking for it ...