Author: Pete Galati
Date: 11:52:23 02/27/01
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On February 27, 2001 at 07:17:08, leonid wrote: >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. No problem. I had forgoten that I used to load positions into Amy in it's Dos box instead of by using Winboard, and I think that works better. The minor trick to pasting them into the Dos box is you have to enter "epd " first and then paste it in with that clipboard icon at the top of the Dos box, and then "analyze". Works like a charm, and makes it's own log file. Pete
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