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Subject: Re: SmarThink 0.17 prerelease!

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 04:33:18 10/01/03

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On October 01, 2003 at 06:38:09, Sergei S. Markoff wrote:

>Hello All!
>
>SmarThink 0.17a[lpha] now available on aigroup site.
>Unfortunately it still haven't UCI and also some time-management bugs are not
>fixed. But the engine is improved.
>
>Changes:
>- fixed bug in king safety evalustion;
>- added evaluation for half-supported pawns;
>- added special evaluation for consequent promotions perspective;
>- improved interior-node recognition;
>- fixed minor bug in pawn races evaluation;
>- pawn advances evalustion changed;
>- additional knowledge for "pawns vs bishop" endgames;
>- changed evaluation for "good bishop";
>- check evasions generator improved;
>- move-ordering for check evasions and pawn promotions improved;
>- quiescence alhorythm improved;
>- added new quasy-Bitvinnik search extension;
>- added "one reply" extension;
>- added evalustion for out-quadrant pawns for non-pure pawn endgames;
>- changed evalustion of pawns on the bishop colour;
>- history-based pruning improved;
>- improved evaluation for "rook vs pawns" endgame;
>- several optimizations.
>
>http://www.aigroup.narod.ru/SmarThink.htm
>http://www.aigroup.narod.ru/SmarThinke.htm
>http://www.aigroup.narod.ru/SmarThinkd.htm
>http://www.aigroup.narod.ru
>
>Best wishes,
>Sergei


quite impressive changelog :-)

I'd love to see someday UCI-Support, but take your time ;-)

regards Joachim



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