Author: leonid
Date: 16:45:59 05/09/01
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On May 09, 2001 at 18:04:17, Paul wrote: >On May 09, 2001 at 16:48:41, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > >>On May 09, 2001 at 07:00:19, Paul wrote: >> >>>On May 09, 2001 at 06:37:43, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >>> >>>>On May 08, 2001 at 21:09:10, Paul wrote: >>>> >>>>>On May 08, 2001 at 20:50:09, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Ikarus (Young Talents) was really fast! I was connected to the Internet, and had >>>>>>a Bizet CD playing "Au fond du temple saint" at the same time... otherwise it >>>>>>could have been even a little faster I guess :-) >>>>> >>>>>Hey, that's no excuse! ... I was connected and listened to Brahms' "Symphony No. >>>>>2 in D (The Tragic Overture), Op. 81, 2. Adagio non troppo" through WinAmp when >>>>>solving it ... ;) >>>> >>>>No excuses. Consider the additional information only a human touch, so to >>>>speak. Glad to hear that you like Brahms. The mere mention of WinAmp makes me >>>>shudder though -- that impersonal, digital world of the Matrix... :-) >>>> >>>>*** Djordje >>> >>>Ahhh ... but you *are* playing CD's ... not LP's? ;) >>> >>>Paul >> >> >>I sure do play CDs, not LPs. However, that does not prevent me from thinking >>about the impersonality of the computer and its Matrix-like role in my life :-) >>And yours, for all I know. > >As I'm sure you understood, I was just teasing a little (as always, sigh). I >thought your post was nice; for me, it's always nice to see something personal >in a post, and that's why I responded. > >And when I did, I didn't even remember what was coming out of my speakers at >solving time, although it probably was some Corrs mp3, my favorite (Irish) group >at the moment (I can hear you shriek & see you shudder :). What I did know was >what I was hearing when responding ... Brahms! Wonderful symphonies, just wish I >had No. 3 & 4 too, am looking for those! > >>*** Djordje >> >>PS: Could you let us know a little more about Pretz, please? > >Thanks for asking, Djordje! Don't know what you want to hear of course, but I >started it a couple of years ago, just after TSCP came out. Used Tom's sources >as a framework, but what's in TSCP, isn't in Pretz anymore (sorry Tom! :). > >Rewrote everything, and added a lot of stuff like nullmove, hash tables, >aspiration search, fractional extensions, egtb support, ?etc? :) & a nice GUI >using Borland C++Builder. It can read/write PGN/EPD files, and there's copy & >paste to im/export positions, pv's & game notations. > >After an initial programming rage of some months, didn't do much on it until >this January, when I got my inspiration back, and since then altered a lot again >(for mates/combinations especially) ... changed too much, am having some >stability problems now. :) > >It's not a "real" chessprogram, I use it just for analysis, eg. it can only >search to a fixed/infinite ply/time, no winboard compatibility, no pondering. > >But I can play against it, and it can play against itself. I'm adding TascBoard >stuff to it at the moment, since I have that board, will be nice. > >Ahh well ... it's just a hobby for me, to keep me off the streets, I'm not >trying to create another monster for you guys, I don't think I'll ever have the >&^% to release it! > >Groetjes, >Paul Paul, can you explain in more details what you have in your mate solving part, or how it was written? Salut, Leonid.
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