Author: Heiner Marxen
Date: 13:51:34 04/15/04
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On April 15, 2004 at 12:45:28, F. Huber wrote: >Hello Chest-friends, > >my new version of ChestUCI is available. > >Additionally to small corrections, changes and improvements >(listed in ´Version.txt´ - only in German), there´s one new >essential feature: a new problem type ´Auto-Special-Mate´, >which is an enhancement of the special-mate mode introduced >in the last versions. >With this new function ChestUCI is able to find the optimum >parameter values for such special mates by itself - eiter >full-automatic (i.e. for all 4 parameters) or half-automatic >(i.e. only for those parameters not explicitly adjusted). >(Please carefully read the detailed description of this new >option in the included file ´English.txt´!) > >The full-automatic mode is thought for people, which are >not very familiar with those adjustable special parameters - >but of course in this mode finding the optimum solution >can take quite a while. >Chest experts will usually be much faster with the half-automatic >mode, if obvious parameters are pre-set to the correct values, >but for that a comprehension of the position (and sometimes also >a ´flair´) would ne necessary - two qualities, which unfortunately >I wasn´t yet able to implement into ChestUCI. :-( > >So of course you shouldn´t expect any ´miracles´ from this new >function - an ´intelligent´ mode, which will solve any hard mate >problem within seconds, will come later ... >(about 2050 I guess, so a bit patience please ;-)) > >If you discover any problems with this new automatic-mode, or if >anyone has some good ideas to make this function more efficient, >I would be very grateful for such hints - >either via email or posting in a chess forum. > >Best regards, >Franz. > >Download of ChestUCI Ver.3.4 at: >http://www.uciengines.de/UCI-Engines/Chest/chest.html > >PS. for Heiner Marxen: >Any progress with ´mate threats´ in Chest, Heiner? ;-) Hello Franz! No, sorry, I've made zero progress, because I simply have no time to spend for Chest. Thanks for the new even more user-friendly version of ChestUCI! Cheers, Heiner
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