Vitruvius moved to commercial...

[tttony]

The name sounds like a virus

Where is the beta version?

[geots]

The name sounds like a virus

Where is the beta version?

There was a current version out for over a year- Vitruvius 0.83b. But it looks like he removed that download. You haven't missed a thing- but I will be more than happy to send it to you.


george

[Robert Flesher]

http://www.vitruviuschess.com/
I 'm awaiting to see people's comments and games, before buying...

I really enjoyed beta testing Vitruvius. I think that this engine plays a different type of chess and the games are always exciting. I believe Roberto has accomplished what he set out to do, as Vitruvius provides a human like attacking style. Good luck Roberto!

Here is one of my beta test games of Vitruvius . Elo is not everything, style counts for alot IMHO. This game is pure genius!


[Event "RobertFlesher-PC, Blitz 10m"]
[Site "Microsoft"]
[Date "2011.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitruvius 0.84b"]
[Black "Houdini 1.5a x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "0.42;0.13"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[TimeControl "600"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Qh4 8.c4
O-O-O 9.c5 g5 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.g3 Qh3 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Bb5 14.Bg2 Qf5 15.Be3
Bxf1 16.Bxf1 Rhe8 17.c6 b6 18.Qa4 Kb8 19.Rd1 Re6 20.b4 Red6 21.b5 h6 22.Bg2 Re8
23.h3 Ka8 24.d5 Be5 25.g4 Qc8 26.Be4 Qd8 27.Kg2 Bf4 28.Bxf4 gxf4 29.Qa6 Qc8 30.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 31.Kf3 a6 32.a4 Re8 33.Kxf4 Rf6+ 34.Ke3 Rd6 35.Kd4 a5 36.Rd3 Kb8 37.
Rf3 f6 38.h4 Kc8 39.Rf5 Kd8 40.Rh5 Rh8 41.g5 fxg5 42.hxg5 Ke7 43.g6 Kf6 44.f4
Kg7 45.Re5 Kf6 46.Bf3 Rhd8 47.Bh5 Rh8 48.Ke4 Rf8 49.Bg4 Rg8 50.Rf5+ Kxg6 51.
Bh5+ Kh7 52.Rf7+ Rg7 53.Rxc7 Rxc7 54.Ke5 Rd8 55.Ke6 Rdc8 56.d6 Ra7 57.f5 Kg7
58.f6+ Kh7 59.d7 Rg8 60.Be8 1-0

[tttony]

The name sounds like a virus

Where is the beta version?

There was a current version out for over a year- Vitruvius 0.83b. But it looks like he removed that download. You haven't missed a thing- but I will be more than happy to send it to you.


george

Sure, I will appreciate that

Thanks

[Robert Flesher]

http://www.vitruviuschess.com/
I 'm awaiting to see people's comments and games, before buying...

I really enjoyed beta testing Vitruvius. I think that this engine plays a different type of chess and the games are always exciting. I believe Roberto has accomplished what he set out to do, as Vitruvius provides a human like attacking style. Good luck Roberto!

Here is one of my beta test games of Vitruvius . Elo is not everything, style counts for alot IMHO. This game is pure genius!


[Event "RobertFlesher-PC, Blitz 10m"]
[Site "Microsoft"]
[Date "2011.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitruvius 0.84b"]
[Black "Houdini 1.5a x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "0.42;0.13"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[TimeControl "600"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Qh4 8.c4
O-O-O 9.c5 g5 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.g3 Qh3 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Bb5 14.Bg2 Qf5 15.Be3
Bxf1 16.Bxf1 Rhe8 17.c6 b6 18.Qa4 Kb8 19.Rd1 Re6 20.b4 Red6 21.b5 h6 22.Bg2 Re8
23.h3 Ka8 24.d5 Be5 25.g4 Qc8 26.Be4 Qd8 27.Kg2 Bf4 28.Bxf4 gxf4 29.Qa6 Qc8 30.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 31.Kf3 a6 32.a4 Re8 33.Kxf4 Rf6+ 34.Ke3 Rd6 35.Kd4 a5 36.Rd3 Kb8 37.
Rf3 f6 38.h4 Kc8 39.Rf5 Kd8 40.Rh5 Rh8 41.g5 fxg5 42.hxg5 Ke7 43.g6 Kf6 44.f4
Kg7 45.Re5 Kf6 46.Bf3 Rhd8 47.Bh5 Rh8 48.Ke4 Rf8 49.Bg4 Rg8 50.Rf5+ Kxg6 51.
Bh5+ Kh7 52.Rf7+ Rg7 53.Rxc7 Rxc7 54.Ke5 Rd8 55.Ke6 Rdc8 56.d6 Ra7 57.f5 Kg7
58.f6+ Kh7 59.d7 Rg8 60.Be8 1-0

Here is a game from the new commercial version. You get two engines, "Human" and "Conversative". This is the human version!


[Event "Robert-PC, Blitz 5m"]
[Site "Robert-PC"]
[Date "2012.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitruvius_1.0H_x64"]
[Black "Komodo64 SSE Version 4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "237"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Bb2
Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Rc8 14. Re1 Bf4 15.
Rc2 Ne7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bb8 20. Rcc1 Qd7 21.
Qg4 Nf5 22. g3 Nh6 23. Qe4 Nf5 24. Red1 f6 25. Rd2 Nd6 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. Rdc2 Nf7
28. c5 bxc5 29. Rxc5 Qd7 30. Qc4 Rcd8 31. Rc6 Qb7 32. Rc2 Nd6 33. Qd3 Nf5 34.
Qe2 Qf7 35. a4 Bd6 36. Ra6 Rd7 37. Qe4 Ne7 38. Ne1 f5 39. Qe2 Nd5 40. Rcc6 Red8
41. Nd3 f4 42. Bc3 Ne7 43. Rxd6 Rxd6 44. Rxa7 f3 45. Qe1 Qf5 46. Rxe7 Qxd3 47.
h3 Qf5 48. Qe3 h6 49. a5 Qd5 50. Kh2 Rc6 51. Qd3 e5 52. Qf5 Rf8 53. Qg4 g5 54.
h4 e4 55. Be1 Qf5 56. Qxf5 Rxf5 57. Rxe4 Rc2 58. hxg5 hxg5 59. Kh3 Re2 60. Rxe2
fxe2 61. Kg4 Rd5 62. Kf3 Rxd4 63. Kxe2 Re4+ 64. Kd1 Kf7 65. Bd2 g4 66. Kc2 Ke6
67. Kb3 Kd5 68. a6 Kc6 69. a7 Kb7 70. Be3 Ka8 71. Kc3 Re5 72. Kd4 Re8 73. Kc4
Rd8 74. Kb5 Rd6 75. Kc5 Rf6 76. Bd4 Ra6 77. Kc4 Ra5 78. Bc5 Ra2 79. Be3 Rb2 80.
Kd5 Rb7 81. Ke4 Rf7 82. Bc5 Kb7 83. Kd5 Rf5+ 84. Kc4 Ka8 85. Bb6 Rf6 86. Be3
Rf3 87. Kb5 Rf7 88. Kb4 Rf5 89. Bc5 Rf3 90. Kb5 Rf6 91. Bd4 Rd6 92. Be3 Rd1 93.
Kb4 Rd3 94. Bb6 Rd2 95. Kc3 Ra2 96. Be3 Ra4 97. Kd3 Kb7 98. Bc5 Ra6 99. Kc4 Ra1
100. Be3 Ra5 101. Kb4 Rh5 102. Bc5 Ka8 103. Bd4 Rh7 104. Kb5 Rh3 105. Bc5 Rh5
106. Kc6 Rh6+ 107. Kd5 Rh7 108. Kc4 Rc7 109. Kd4 Rd7+ 110. Ke4 Rd2 111. Be3 Rd7
112. Kf5 Rg7 113. Ke6 Rb7 114. Kd5 Rf7 115. Kd6 Rf3 116. Bd4 Ra3 117. Ke5 Ra2
118. Kd5 Rd2 119. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Robert Flesher]

[Event "Robert-PC, Blitz 10m"]
[Site "Robert-PC"]
[Date "2012.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitruvius_1.0H_x64"]
[Black "Komodo64 SSE Version 4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. b4
Be7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Nxa4 O-O 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. c4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nc3 d5 15.
exd5 exd5 16. c5 d4 17. Ne4 Qb8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Qg4 Bb5 21. Qf5
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qb7 23. Ra3 Qb5 24. Rfa1 Rad8 25. f4 g6 26. Kf2 Kg7 27. Qxb5 axb5
28. Re1 Rh8 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Kf3 Rhc8 31. Ke4 h6 32. Kd3 Rd8 33. Ra7 g5 34. Rea1
Re8 35. R1a6 Rbd8 36. Rb7 gxf4 37. Rxb5 Bg5 38. Rbb6 Rd5 39. Rd6 Rf5 40. Rxd4
Bf6 41. Rd7 f3 42. gxf3 Rxf3+ 43. Kc4 Rh3 44. c6 Rxh2 45. b5 Rh4+ 46. Kc5 Rh5+
47. Kb4 Ree5 48. Rb6 Re4+ 49. Ka5 Be5 50. Ka6 Rc4 51. Kb7 Bh2 52. c7 Bg1 53.
Bxh6+ Kg8 54. Bf4 Rf5 55. Bg3 Bxb6 56. Kxb6 Kh7 57. Re7 Kg6 58. Re5 Rf6+ 59.
Kb7 Rf3 60. Be1 Rb3 61. b6 Rb2 62. Re3 Rb1 63. Ba5 Kf5 64. c8=Q+ Rxc8 65. Kxc8
Kf4 66. Re1 Rb3 67. b7 f5 68. Bd2+ Kf3 1-0



I think that Vitruvius seems to understand the power of passed pawns (connected passers) better than other engines. Very instructive play!

[geots]

The name sounds like a virus

Where is the beta version?

There was a current version out for over a year- Vitruvius 0.83b. But it looks like he removed that download. You haven't missed a thing- but I will be more than happy to send it to you.


george

Sure, I will appreciate that

Thanks

You will have to mail me here at geotsp8@yahoo.com and give me an address to send it to. Understand it is not even on the same planet with DeepSaros. But you can run it yourself and decide.

gts

[MM]

The name sounds like a virus

Where is the beta version?

There was a current version out for over a year- Vitruvius 0.83b. But it looks like he removed that download. You haven't missed a thing- but I will be more than happy to send it to you.


george

Sure, I will appreciate that

Thanks

You will have to mail me here at geotsp8@yahoo.com and give me an address to send it to. Understand it is not even on the same planet with DeepSaros. But you can run it yourself and decide.


gts

Just made a match 1' IvanHoe 46b - Vitruvius HEM x64.
IvanHoe ruled. Vitruvius sacrifices material without compensation in most cases. I know Vitruvius its not a blitz or bullet specialist but this result is no exciting.

Regards

[Werewolf]

Just spell this out for me: What's so special about Deep Saros? Is it a particularly strong derivative?

[geots]

Just spell this out for me: What's so special about Deep Saros? Is it a particularly strong derivative?

Well, depends on your point of view. As for origin, no doubt it originated from the study of Ivanhoe. How much was taken from Ivanhoe depends on who you talk to.

As for strength, I ran it on 1CPU, 32bit- against Fritz 13, Komodo 3, Komodo 4, Rybka 4.1, Stockfish 2.1.1 and Stockfish 2.2.2 - All games were 40/3 repeating and 50-game matches. Deep Saros demolished each of the above. It was drawn by the new RobboLito 0.10, and Critter 1.4 beat it. It is really a strong engine. As I said, even Carotino is subject to changing his story a bit from time to time.

But look, I can't deal with all of it. I was told Vas said the Ippos came from Rybka. Fabien says Rybka came from Fruit. Houdini is supposed to have come from RobboLito and Ivanhoe. Houdart, I think, says Strelka 5 came from Houdini. I am hearing talk out loud about Loop and quietly about Naum. You see, I am already getting a migraine.

So I made myself a deal. When they programmed them- I would run them. The hell with origins. I can't prove anything either way about anything. Only reason I ever brought Deep Saros into the conversation is because it comes from the same authors that Vitruvius does.


Check over in Tourn. and matches. I just posted a 50 game match between DeepSaros and Naum 4.2. If you discount the draws, Naum won the first 3 games and then DeepSaros closed out the match 21 - 2. And that is quite impressive. Tho I knew Naum could not win- I had no idea it would be that bad. And it wouldn't get much better if done again.

You want DeepSaros 2.3j--------- http://deepsaros.jimdo.com/

Give it a try.


gts