Author: KarinsDad
Date: 23:20:14 07/02/00
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On July 02, 2000 at 21:17:13, Pete Galati wrote: >On July 02, 2000 at 00:58:26, KarinsDad wrote: > >>On July 01, 2000 at 19:16:01, Will Singleton wrote: >> >>>On July 01, 2000 at 12:25:33, KarinsDad wrote: >>> >>>>Well, my program has leaped to the point that I can now play it against itself. >>>>Gotta love reaching a milestone. :) >>>> >>>>KarinsDad :) >>> >>>I still do that, on occasion, to test changes. I'll let it run overnight >>>playing blitz, with error-checking on. The error routines really slow it down, >>>so server play isn't an option. Test all kinds of things, all major >>>data-structures, move-lists, etc etc. Every now and then I come up with an >>>error, so it's worthwhile. >>> >>>How does it play? >>> >>>Will >> >>It's REAL slow (60K NPS on PIII 600). >> >>And, it does not yet have a few rules, so it is not 100% legal chess yet: >> >>1) pawn promotion >>2) draw by repetition >>3) 50 move rule >>4) RPpk e.p. pin >> >>Also, the play is erratic. That is partially due to bugs, partially due to our >>bottom up search, and partially due to some temporary data structures that we >>are using in our evaluation (which are fairly bogus, but just there until I get >>working on our desired evaluation). >> >>All in all, it's nothing to write home about yet. But it's heads and shoulders >>above what it was just two months ago. >> >>KarinsDad :) > >Probably allot of us would like to see a pgn of some of it's moves. Did you >pick a name out for it yet? > >Pete Sort of. My partner and I have a tentative name that we discussed about 4 weeks ago or so, but it was only in passing. Nothing official and specifically, nothing that I will publish before we get it running on ICC. The last interation with the name Fathom taught me to not say a word. KarinsDad :)
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