Author: Graham Banks
Date: 11:54:40 04/19/05
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On April 19, 2005 at 14:21:37, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On April 19, 2005 at 13:22:01, Graham Banks wrote: > >>On April 19, 2005 at 02:08:43, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >> >>>Hi Graham >>>Have you ever read my comments on CM-Settings on our homepage at >>>http://www.utzingerk.com/how_to_use.htm >>>then you would have seen the following very >>>important information: >>> >>>"Furthermore we know from experience that The King is quite often >>>not implemented in the correct way and this of course leads to >>>completely wrong results of matches and unnecesary discussions >>>about a specific CM-setting. To create separate UCI-engines >>>for each CM-setting defined in the Wb2Uci.eng under [EXTRAS] >>>should be avoided at all cost." >>> >>>With such a set-up The King will not produce the same >>>moves as in its orginal GUI !! >>> >>> >>>Method 3 (do never use this one) >>> >>>[ENGINE] >>>Name=The King 3.23 >>>Author=Johan de Koning >>>Filename=Wb2Uci.exe >>> >>>[OPTIONS] >>>Program=TheKing3.23.exe >>>InitString=cm_parm default\ncm_parm opk=xxx >>>HashCommand=cm_parm tts=%i004096 >>>;ShowThinkingMove=true >>>;Logfile=true >>>Visible=Ponder,Hash,ShowThinkingMove,Logfile,Extras >>> >>> >>>[EXTRAS] >>>Opponents Pawn (opp)=cm_parm opp=%i|spin|100|0|4500 >>>Opponents Knight (opn)=cm_parm opn=%i|spin|100|0|1500 >>>Opponents Bishop (opb)=cm_parm opb=%i|spin|100|0|1500 >>>Opponents Rook (opr)=cm_parm opr=%i|spin|100|0|900 >>>Opponents Queen (opq)=cm_parm opq=%i|spin|100|0|498 >>>Kings Pawn (myp)=cm_parm myp=%i|spin|100|0|4500 >>>Kings Knight (myn)=cm_parm myn=%i|spin|100|0|1500 >>>Kings Bishop (myb)=cm_parm myb=%i|spin|100|0|1500 >>>Kings Rook (myr)=cm_parm myr=%i|spin|100|0|900 >>>Kings Queen (myq)=cm_parm myq=%i|spin|100|0|498 >>>Contempt (cfd)=cm_parm cfd=%i|spin|0|-500|500 >>>Strength (sop)=cm_parm sop=%i|spin|100|0|100 >>>Attack Defend (avd)=cm_parm avd=%i|spin|0|-100|100 >>>Randomness (rnd)=cm_parm rnd=%i|spin|0|0|100 >>>Selective Search (sel)=cm_parm sel=%i|spin|9|0|16 >>>Max Depth (md)=cm_parm md=%i|spin|999|0|999 >>>My Centre Control (mycc)=cm_parm mycc=%i|spin|100|0|600 >>>My Mobility (mymob)=cm_parm mymob=%i|spin|100|0|600 >>>My King Safety (myks)=cm_parm myks=%i|spin|100|0|600 >>>My Passed Pawn (mypp)=cm_parm mypp=%i|spin|100|0|600 >>>My Pawn Weakness (mypw)=cm_parm mypw=%i|spin|100|0|600 >>>Opponent's Centre Control (opcc)=cm_parm opcc=%i|spin|100|0|600 >>>Opponent's Mobility (opmob)=cm_parm opmob=%i|spin|100|0|600 >>>Opponent's King Safety (opks)=cm_parm opks=%i|spin|100|0|600 >>>Opponent's Passed Pawn (oppp)=cm_parm oppp=%i|spin|100|0|600 >>>Opponent's Weakness (oppw)=cm_parm oppw=%i|spin|100|0|600 >>> >>> >>>Kind regards >>>Kurt >> >> >>Hi Kurt, >> >>I disagree with you on this. I've always used this method and CM9000 has >>produced excellent results in my tournaments as shown. I would like to see some >>evidence to back up your claim! > > Hi Graham > Please compare moves/evaluation in CM-GUI and Fritz-GUI > of a specific setting: they are not identical if the > paramaters are defined under [EXTRAS] and that's the > thing I do not like. If this does not bother you, you > may nevertheless have fun with CM-Settings. Personally, > I always want to know what I am testing and this is > not guaranteed the way you have implemented The King > under Fritz-GUI. Only the methods with textfiles or the > the method with settings (parameters) defined in the > InitString are therefore recommanded by me. We (Manfred > Meiler and myself) have tried to find out why this is > so with Odd Gunnar Malin some years ago, but did not > found out the reason of the not identical behaviour > of the engine. > Kind regards > Kurt Hi Kurt, I will try it out and see what happens. It is interesting to note that I have always used your preferred method with CM10th, but CM9000 still seems to do well in comparison! Regards, Graham.
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