Author: Leo Dijksman
Date: 00:59:21 09/19/04
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On September 19, 2004 at 00:52:47, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On September 18, 2004 at 20:32:16, Alessandro Scotti wrote:
>
>>I've finally managed to get a build that works decently, so here's the first
>>release of my engine, Kiwi:
>>
>>http://www.ascotti.org/programming/chess/zip/Kiwi01b_Win32.zip
>>
>>The engine is probably a patzer, but I thought better give you the chance to win
>>some games before it becomes too strong! :-)
>>
>>An important note, also mentioned in the readme: as the engine is still at an
>>early stage, it cannot be configured yet. In particular, it always uses a 32 Mb
>>hash table (way too small to play at long controls) and will generate a
>>"kiwi_log.txt" log file in the current directory (probably its own or
>>Winboard's). This file gets overwritten whenever the program starts, so it never
>>really grows too much and can be safely ignored (or peeked at to see if engine
>>had something special to say...).
>
>What sort of time control does Kiwi understand?
>
>It seems to alway move after a 5 ply search.
Seems to work fine with WinBoard:
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "XP2800"]
[Date "2004.09.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Abrok 5.0"]
[Black "Kiwi 0.1b"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "40/180"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 Bb4+ 4. c3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 Ng4 7. h3 Nxf2
8. Bxe7 Nxd1 9. Bxd8 Nxe3 10. Bxc7 Nc2+ 11. Kf2 Nxa1 12. Bd6 Re8 13. Bd3 f6
14. Rxa1 Nc6 15. a4 Kh8 16. Kg3 b6 17. Kh2 Bb7 18. Re1 Rac8 19. c4 Nd8 20.
Bf4 d5 21. h4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nc6 24. Ba6 Nxd4 25. Bxc8 Rxc8
26. Kh3 Rc2 27. b4 Ra2 28. a5 bxa5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Be3 Nf5 31. Bf2 e5 32.
h5 Kg8 33. Rb1 Ra2 34. Ne4 a5 35. Bc5 Ra4 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. Rb7+ Kg8 38. h6
Nxh6 39. Nd6 Kf8 40. Nf5+ Kg8 41. Nd6 Kf8 42. Kg3 Ra2 43. Nf5+ Kg8 44. Nxg7
Nf7 45. Nh5 h6 46. Nxf6+ Kg7 47. Ne8+ Kg6 48. Rb6+ Kh7 49. Nd6 Nxd6 50.
Bxd6 a4 51. Bxe5 a3 52. Bf4 Re2 53. Rxh6+ Kg7 54. Ra6 a2 55. Kg4 Kf7 56.
Kf5 Ke8 57. Ra7 Kd8 58. Be5 Rc2 59. Ke6 Kc8 60. f4 Rc6+ 61. Kd5 Rc2 62. f5
Rd2+ 63. Ke6 a1=B 64. Rxa1 Kb7 65. f6 Rd8 66. Ke7 Rh8 67. f7 Rh7 68. Rf1
Kc6 69. Ke6 Rxf7 70. Rxf7 Kc5 71. Rc7+ Kb5 72. Kd5 Kb6
{Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "XP2800"]
[Date "2004.09.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "J.S.BAM 0.29"]
[Black "Kiwi 0.1b"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "40/180"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. exd4
O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. O-O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd7 11. Ne5 Bc6 12. Rhg1 Qa5 13. Be2
Nfd7 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Rh1 Rfd8 16. d5 Nb6 17. d6 Nc8 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. Bd3
f5 20. f4 Qd4 21. Ng5 Rxd6 22. a3 h6 23. Nf3 Qa4 24. Qe3 Qb3 25. Qe2 Nb6
26. Bc2 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Nxc4 28. Bb3 N6a5 29. Bc2 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Ne3 31. Re1
Nxg2 32. Rxe6 Rc8 33. Kb1 Nxf4 34. Re5 b6 35. Bxf5 Rf8 36. Bc2 Nc6 37. Rf5
Rxf5 38. Bxf5 Ne7 39. Be4 g5 40. Ne5 b5 41. Ng4 h5 42. Ne3 h4 43. b3 Kf7
44. a4 b4 45. Ka2 Kf6 46. Bb7 Ke5 47. Nc4+ Kd4 48. Bf3 Ned5 49. a5 Nc3+ 50.
Ka1 Nb5 51. Bc6 Na3 52. Nxa3 bxa3 53. Bb5 g4 54. Ka2 h3 55. Bc6 g3 56. hxg3
Nd5 57. Kxa3 h2 58. Bd7 h1=Q 59. Kb2 Qg2+ 60. Ka3 Kc3 61. Ka4 a6 62. Ka3
Nb4 63. Bg4 Qa2#
{checkmate} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "XP2800"]
[Date "2004.09.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Leo Dijksman (draw test)"]
[Black "Kiwi 0.1b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "40/180"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
Ne5 Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 Qe7 14.
Qb5+ Kd8 15. Bd2 f6 16. Nd3 Qd7 17. Qb3 Nc6 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Rc1 e5 20. O-O
Nxd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Rfe1 Rc4 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Nxb4 Re8 25. Qa3 Rxe1+ 26.
Rxe1 Qd6 27. Qa5+ b6 28. Qxa7 Qxb4 29. Re6 Rc7 30. Qa8+ Rc8 31. Qb7 Bxc2
32. a3 Qc5 33. b4 Rc7 34. Qb8+ Rc8 35. Qb7 Rc7 36. Qb8+ Rc8 37. Qb7 Rc7
{draw by repetition} 1/2-1/2
The only thing is that Kiwi seems to ponder always vs human?
Leo.
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