Author: martin fierz
Date: 01:47:45 11/11/03
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On November 10, 2003 at 18:58:13, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >On November 10, 2003 at 17:37:22, martin fierz wrote: > >>i use a similar approach in my checkers program (hashtable etc.). the problem >>for my chess program is that this means i have to write a PGN-parser to read the >>lines i enter in chessbase (or the games i select from chessbase). and i just >>hoped i could do without that ;-) > >Hey Martin, don't be that lazy! With your experience, it will take you less than >a day, to code a decent PGN-parser. hmm, i'm not so sure about that :-) well, i know i shouldn't be lazy - but there is so much i would like to teach my engine and that has priority over book stuff at the moment - i was hoping for a quick fix to this. the reason is that when playing on ICC without book you get drained immediately by people who enjoy playing the same game over and over again... i know that i could report these guys, but i don't see the point. i've made it play a half-random move on the first ply now, but that is not really a solution. >Of course, you could implement (if you have not done it already - perhaps also a >day or less of effort) the UCI protocol, and be happy with the CB-interface. i have implemented UCI indeed, but somehow the CB interface is unhappy with my implementation and doesn't recognize my engine. it works fine in arena though. i also thought it wasn't easy to play on ICC with CB interfaces? >Much of the enjoyment I had while writing my engine, was because of the "native" >book code inside. i guess that is a personality thing. coming from checkers, i have a deep dislike against books and endgame databases, because they have effectively destroyed that game (with good book + large database you can have any crappy program and be good, without you can have a great program and be bad). well, i guess i'll just have to take your advice and write that PGN parser :-( cheers martin
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