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Subject: Re: SmarThink 0.17 prerelease!

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 09:50:29 10/01/03

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On October 01, 2003 at 07:33:18, Joachim Rang wrote:

>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

I also would like to see UCI-Support someday.
Analysis does not work properly at all in CB-GUI for me.

Michael



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