Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 12:02:04 07/30/04
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On July 30, 2004 at 14:37:17, Scott Gasch wrote:
>On July 30, 2004 at 13:08:37, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On July 30, 2004 at 12:25:18, Scott Gasch wrote:
>>
>>>On July 30, 2004 at 10:55:07, Albert Silver wrote:
>>>
>>>>2q2rk1/p1rn1ppp/1p2pn2/8/Q2P4/2P2N2/P2B1PPP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 17
>>>>
>>>>17...Rc4! 18.Qxa7 Qc6 19.Qa3 Rc8
>>>>
>>>
>>>monsoon on a 1ghz UP needs 67 sec / depth 11:
>>>
>>> 1. -0.26 0.00 40 h6
>>> 2. -0.63 0.00 194 h6 c4
>>> 3. -0.35 0.01 807 h6 Bf4 Rxc3 Qxa7
>>> 4. -0.64 0.03 3174 h6 c4 Re8 Bf4
>>> 5. -0.58 0.10 14301 h6 c4 Nb8 Bf4 Re7
>>> 6. -0.69 0.55 72853 Re8 c4 e5 Qc2 g6 d5
>>> 7. -0.55 1.42 211827 Re8 c4 e5 Re1 e4 Nh4 h6
>>> 8. -0.64 5.59 820286 Ne4 c4 Nd6 Bf4 Rxc4 Rxc4 Nxc4 Qxa7
>>> 9. -0.43 10.50 1666988 Ne4 c4 Nxd2 Rxd2 a6 Qb3 b5 Rdc2 Qb7 cxb5
>>>Rxc2 Qxc2 axb5
>>>10. -0.58 23.48 3747302 Ne4 c4 Nxd2 Rxd2 a6 Qc2 Re8 Rdd1
>>>11. -0.49 67.59 11176294 Rc4 Qxa7 Qc6 Qa3 Ra8 Qb3 h6 Qb1 Nd5 Qc2
>>>b5
>>>12. -0.57 309.86 48817174 Rc4 Qxa7 Qc6 Qa3 Ra8 Qb2 h6 Rb1 Ra4 Ra1
>>>b5
>>
>>
>> Oops, it's now the second time that I see your
>> program monsoon to come with a move that most
>> or none other engines can find. And last time
>> I asked you to let me know something about
>> monsoon. Have I missed your answer?
>> Kurt [www.utzingerk.com]
>
>Well what can I say, the engine has its moments. Of course its also very slow
>and doesn't get some positions that it seems like other engines all get. I
>stopped working on it a couple of years ago (after cct5) and just recently
>started again. I've implemented a parallel search and slowed down the engine
>even more by generating attack tables. Right now I do not do any pruning except
>nullmove and alpha-based futility pruning in the qsearch. I do checks in the
>qsearch. I am still looking for bugs in the rewrite (and finding them). Once I
>get a little more confident in the new code I will start with some pruning ideas
>I have and maybe try to speed things up a little.
>
>http://wannabe.guru.org/scott/hobbies/chess/
>
>Scott
Hi Scott
Many thanks for this valuable information. I must
blame myself for having never heard from your engine.
Kurt [http://www.utzingerk.com]
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