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Subject: Re: minimardi - "Oh No! not another simple chess program"

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 12:52:03 08/28/03

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On August 28, 2003 at 15:22:00, minimardi wrote:

>On August 28, 2003 at 15:19:28, Tord Romstad wrote:
>
>>On August 28, 2003 at 15:14:37, minimardi wrote:
>>
>>>Sorry for that, i386 binary is now available.
>>
>>Thanks, but I still get a 404 when I try to download the Linux version ...
>>
>>Tord
>
>Do a refresh, the filename has changed.

Thanks!

Installation was entirely painless.  It works great!

I just started a 50-game blitz match against my own engine.  My first
observations (after 4 games):

Measured in nodes/second, your engine is very fast (about five times
faster than mine, it seems).  However, it doesn't reach very high search
depths.  I guess you don't use nullmove or other selective pruning
techniques yet?

At least in 5-minute games, Minimardi is moving far too quickly.  It
spends less than a second on most moves, and usually finishes the game
with more than 4 minutes left on the clock.

Considering the short thinking time for each move, Minimardi doesn't
play badly.  It took a long time for my engine to reach this strength.
Thanks for giving us this engine, and keep up the good work!  I am
very happy to have found a new sparring partner for my program.

Tord




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