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Subject: Re: What's your programs worst ever move ?

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 11:41:26 08/30/03

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On August 30, 2003 at 10:39:02, Geoff wrote:

>Hi Tord
>
>>The number of horrible moves in the game may not be terribly high,
>>but the moves which are bad are _really_ bad.  I was horrified to
>>see my program play the "attacking" move 12... g5??
>
>Well, it was certaintly interestingly aggresive :-)
>
>>It is probably version 0.2.10, the latest publically available version
>>(0.3.0 will be ready within a month, I think).  My program is not terribly
>>strong, and your win in a 150 game match shouldn't be a big surprise. :-)
>
>Yes, I just checked it was 0.2.10. I will look out for version 0.3.0 when you
>release it then, it will be probably be a good match for mine unless you have
>made very large improvements ?

No large improvements, I think.  My current development version is probably
about the same strength as 0.2.10.  The main difference is that I have
rewritten the search to something which is not much more efficient, but
which is easier to understand and modify.

>>What is the name of your program?  Does it have an account on ICC or FICS,
>>and is there a download somewhere?
>
>It just got cristened "Waster" last week (bit of an in joke)
>No there is no version available on the net, it wasn't really good enough or
>stable enough to release. Sorry no ICC or FICS account either
>It is getting a little better and fairly stable now though, just a few more
>years of improvements needed !

OK, good luck with your engine, then!  :-)

Tord



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