Author: leonid
Date: 04:17:08 02/27/01
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On February 26, 2001 at 23:52:52, Pete Galati wrote: >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 Thanks, Pete! Will go and download it after coming back from my work. Leonid.
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