Author: Pete Galati
Date: 20:52:52 02/26/01
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On February 26, 2001 at 21:22:55, leonid wrote: >On February 26, 2001 at 19:49:08, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On February 26, 2001 at 16:43:21, leonid wrote: >> >>>On February 26, 2001 at 16:11:53, Pete Galati wrote: >>> >>>>On February 25, 2001 at 17:04:35, leonid wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 24, 2001 at 18:27:41, Pete Galati wrote: >>>>>[........] >>>>>>I keep meaning to ask, is your program available to download anywhere? >>>>>> >>>>>>Pete >>>>> >>>>>Actually, I don't remember exact address of my program but it is at the Web Page >>>>>of my best friend. Address is: >>>>> >>>>>http://www.theparticle.com >>>>> >>>>>Mate solver is the part of unfinished chess program but solver is done >>>>>completely. If you will use it then I must to say that for mate solver one >>>>>feature is not indicated in description. Just recently found this. This feature >>>>>is change of number of nodes that program will see in each ply during the >>>>>selective search. It is: CTRL + P(p). >>>>> >>>>>If you will find that something is not clear, just say me. When you will use it, >>>>>you will find that all those "crazy" positions that I depose here you can create >>>>>yourself with bewildering easiness. >>>>> >>>>>Leonid. >>>> >>>>Thanks Leonid, I had lost track of this thread. I just downloaded the program >>>>and the html docs today, hope to have time to try it today. A Dos program! I >>>>like them. >>>> >>>>Pete >>> >>>Will give you some, maybe not necessary, basic explantion of how mate solver >>>work. >>> >>>From initial position push: Alt + |\ this is to make program use only its mate >>>solver. >>> Alt + I(i) to make mate solver search for mate only >>>by one way. Usually program use two methods before giving up. >>> >>>For changing way of solving the mate, push Ctrl + D(d) Between 0 and 3 it is >>>selective search. 4 is brute force search. >>> >>>If you want to change number of depth search push F7. Program can see as far as >>>13 moves deep. >>> >>>If you want to clean chess board push Ctrl + Z(z). >>> >>>If you want depose new piece on board push Shift + /? >>> >>>You can try already two positions with this solver. One is 7 mate move. Position >>>from witch we start talking. Put selective search at 0 and depth to 7. Solution >>>should be short. It was, on my AMD 400, 0.06 sec. >>> >>>Today position you can solve, for sure, at 11 moves (I don't know much shorter >>>solution). Maybe Heiner will come with one. His solver, when search is done by >>>brute force and with hash, make all the difference. I saw here few excellent >>>results. His hash goes well beyond 100M. >>> >>>On today position you must put maximum number of moves seen on each ply [Ctrl + >>>P(p)] to 6. Put selective search at zero. On my computer it took 2 seconds to >>>give a response. >>> >>>Leonid. >> >>Thanks, I copied your instructions into a txt file. >> >>I ran today's position through Amy, but I hadn't used that program for a long >>time, and it had some problem, and I suspect that I didn't have Amy set up >>properly. >> >>Pete > >I tried to find what is this program "Amy" through Alta Vista. To my surprise >had many responses but nothing look like expected chess program. What is this >"Amy" program? Name sound like French "ami" (friend). It is a chess program, >solver...? Who wrote it, for what system and when? > >Thanks, >Leonid. Amy is by Thorsten Greiner. It's a Winboard program, but I think it was originally a Linux program, here is his website http://www.geocities.com/hiiamamy/ I had forgotten about his website when I downloaded it yesterday, so instead of going directly there, I got the program at Dann's ftp (Amy directory) ftp://38.168.214.233/pub and for the opening book, I used one that Frank Quisinsky has for download at http://amateurschach.in-trier.de/schach/engines/english/amy.htm Amy's relatively strong, and kind of fun to play games against as I recall. Pete
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