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Subject: Re: Stan´s Chess 1.1

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 12:50:48 08/11/02

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On August 10, 2002 at 10:47:15, Stan Arts wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have completed a new version (It´s the holidays..goes fast :)  ) of my
>chessprogramme Stan´s Chess. My program consists of a stand-alone version, and
>a winboard compatible version.
>
>The main differences between 1.0 and 1.1 are:
>
>-Now knows and claims 3 fold repetitions and the 50 move rule.
>-10% more nodes/sec (=total program speed)
>-I now use the "killer heuristic" which makes search more efficient.
>-Under winboard it now knows of all result claims and the clock correctly
>stops after a result can be claimed.
>-Under winboard it is now able to send evaluationdata (searchdepth, searchtime,
>total nodes for this move, best move found so far and the move it expects you
>to play in return.)
>-It has more knowledge, especially about king-safety, slightly more active
>play, and some specific new things.
>-And some details have been changed :)
>
>You can download my program at Leo Dijksman´s WBEC site (also the stand alone
>version) or just E-mail me!
>
>Thank you,
>
>Stan


Congrats.  I wish, however, that you had named your chess program after your
last name rather than your first name.  Then a match between your program and
Bob Hyatt's could be called "Arts and Crafty!"



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