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Subject: Re: galahad 1.0 available (with source)

Author: Aaron Tay

Date: 01:05:25 09/01/00

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On August 30, 2000 at 23:30:09, Pete Galati wrote:

>On August 30, 2000 at 21:42:33, James Swafford wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Galahad 1.0 is available from http://members.xoom.com/jswaff/galahad.
>>A few notes:
>>
>>1. win32 program
>>2. doesn't include the console engine that plays on ICC
>>3. the GUI engine isn't very strong, doesn't have any books,
>>   hashing, tb's, etc.  basically just a working C++/MFC
>>   engine with a GUI.
>>4. you can't interface to another program or ICC (server
>>   code will be in 2.0)
>>5. source code and VC 6 project files included
>>6. I mentioned this in the help file and the about box: the
>>   evaluator is a bitmap translation of Kerrigan's TSCP 1.3.
>>   The eval terms (except piece/square tables) can be modified
>>   via menu options before a game.  (King safety terms and
>>   other terms are separated)
>>7. Most of my beta testers missed this: you can add or remove
>>   pieces from the board (before a game) by right clicking on
>>   a square and selecting the appropriate entry from the pop
>>   up menu.  Other aspects of the position (player on move,
>>   castling, ep, etc) can be modified via menu entries.
>>
>>I think that's it.
>>Thanks. :-)
>>
>>--
>>James
>
>"the addition of sounds, and alternate piece sets" would be really good,
>especially sounds, some sort of sound, any sound when Gallahad makes a move.
>The silence is deadly, especially in a fast game.

>Also, I'm not really clear if you plan to make Galahad an interface for >Winboard engines that you originally talked about, because in the "help" it >says "I'd also like Galahad to be able to coordinate tournaments between >console engines."

>but I can't really tell if that means it will just in the normal games be able
>to interface Winboard engines.  It would be really nice if it could IMO.

>Pete

Well I'm sure it's on his to-do list..

Anyway I played my first game against Galahad. As it was without a opening book
i knew the petroff would come up and it did!..G5

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 ed 4 e5 d5??

This move shocked me! Did Galahad just blunder a knight? 5 ef

How strong is Galahad supposed to be?



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