Author: Ed Trice
Date: 23:37:43 01/09/04
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Hi Keith, > >I assume that it would be very easy to make this play gothic: > >http://www.chessvariants.com/programs.dir/capaprogdesc.html > Thanks for your help in getting the CapaGNU Modified engine to run on my system. I played one match so far, setting CapaGNU to play at 40 moves/60 min with the EASY mode set to off, hash tables on. I set the depth to 12 since it was hitting the default at 6 very quickly on my 2.8 GHz box. This way, it would take all of its time to make every move. What resulted was a great game! I set Vortex up at 1 min/move on my 2 GHz P4, and it mated CapaGNU in 39 moves. Some very interesting theoretical positons occurred during this game. Notably: Vortex traded a Q + pawn for an Archbishop + Bishop. Vortex has a strategical score folded in depending on the game phase, and it preferred the Archbishop + minor to the Q + pawn. Later, Vorttex gave up 2N for CapaGNU's R + pawn. Again, in Gothic Chess, I think the knights are weak enough to justify this trade, especially if pawns are disappearing. I will post this game up on the "matches" page later tonight. So far 3 different programs have participated: Zillions, CapaGNU, and another engine which someone else modified and we played a game over Yahoo messenger.
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