Author: Eelco de Groot
Date: 18:37:31 06/11/05
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On June 11, 2005 at 15:21:08, Dom Leste wrote:
>I still have your VulcanQ1e settings here :) So vulcan can play chess then and
>not analyse only. Its much easier to set tactical settings in Pro Deo then CMX.
>40moves in hour. I like setting my time control after 40moves so it doesnt
>effect the middlegame! 80moves in 2hrs ;)
>
Hi Dom,
How are your CM 10 settings doing against the CM Beasts and Behemoths? I think
you have more competition than the Pro Deo testers, with all the people trying
to find their own ultimate Chessmaster settings and with all the tournaments
going.
Maybe you are right that in Chessmaster it is hard to find settings that are
better in finding combinations. Possibly because the default settings are
already very good at finding those and playing attacking chess. That has always
been important to Johan de Koning to keep that in the way The King plays its
games. It does involve some risks maybe, by setting up a very sharp attack there
is also considerably less room for error.
Good to hear that somebody has taken a look at the Vulcan settings! These Vulcan
{9i8c} setting are not as extreme as the Vulcan Tactical Engine settings, but I
did want to see if I could make the Betazoid settings a bit more attacking
still. Don't know if it will work. I set all the material values at 90 and that
is a bit like in the Milan settings, it's in Vulcan Q1 but also in some of the
earlier settings from Albert Silver they were all at 98. Also King Safety at 175
was already tried in Albert Silver's earlier Search and Destroy settings.
Certainly not at 400 though, like in Q3 and Q5T or in Vulcan Q1 :)
Even [King Safety = 175] may be a bit too much..
Also some pawn settings have been altered and now put at equal levels again
(but at 115!) and I'm also testing [Fail High Margin].
There are in the meantime also Vulcan {9i8d}-{9i8g} settings so I'm still
looking for a good balance. If some of the settings are too extreme, balancing
won't work very well..
But there is ultimately no alternative to playing games with the settings to
test them.
Settings for Pro Deo 1.1 Vulcan {9i8c}
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[Personality = Vulcan {9i8c}] * Pro Deo 1.1 (February 2005)
[Pawn Value = 90]
[Knight Value = 90]
[Bishop Value = 90]
[Rook Value = 90]
[Queen Value = 90]
[My Queen = 91]
[King Safety = 175]
[Mobility = 125]
[Pawn Structure = 100]
[Passed Pawns = 115]
[Pins = 105]
[Bishop Pair = 105]
[Chess Knowledge = 200]
[Attractiveness = 110]
[Attacking = 110]
[Strength of Play = 100]
[Draw Contempt Factor = 0.00]
[Selective Search = 80]
[Search Technique = NULLMOVE]
[Engine Master = off] off
[Engine Learner = off] off|on
[Book Learner = off] off|passive|moderate|strong|aggressive
[Position Learner = off] off|on
[Extended Book Learner = off] off|read|write|read&write
*
[Pruning = MISC_25] *
[Pruning = MISC_37] *
[Pruning = MISC_40] *
[Pruning = MISC_52] *
[Fail High Margin = 10.00] *
[Pruning = MISC_66] *
[Pruning = MISC_69] *
[Pruning = MISC_78] *
*
[Center Control = 30] *
[Bishop Mobility = 25] *
[Right to Move = 75] *
[Strong Squares = 128] *
*
[Pruning = MISC_02] *
[Pruning = MISC_03] *
[Pruning = MISC_39] *
[Pruning = MISC_08] *
[Pruning = MISC_12] *
[Pruning = MISC_16] *
[Pruning = MISC_22] * Was: Slightly safer Selectivity
[Pruning = MISC_30] * extend singular checks
[Pruning = MISC_36] * Extend double attacks (W6) at the leafs
[Pruning ? MISC_28] * (2,2,1,1) >> in test <<
[Blitz Time Control = 120] * use more time at blitz levels
*
[Pawn Pressure midg = 165] * weight pawn pressure middlegame
[Pawn Pressure end0 = 140] * weight pawn pressure early endgame
[Pawn Pressure end1 = 125] * weight pawn pressure endgame
[Pawn Pressure end2 = 110] * weight pawn pressure simple endgame
*
[Knight Mobility = 88] * 88
[Double Pawns = 115] * 112
[Pawn Formation = 115] * 108
[Weak Pawns = 115] * 112
[Minimum Knight Mobility = 100] * 100
[Minimum Bishop Mobility = 100] * 100
[Passed Pawn King Tropism = 100] * king tropism to own passed pawns
[Progressive Isolated Pawns = 100] * weight isolated pawns (new style)
*
[Adjusted Selectivity MIDG = 4] * Maximum selective depth (midgame)
[Adjusted Selectivity END0 = 4] * Maximum selective depth (early endgame)
[Adjusted Selectivity END1 = 4] * Maximum selective depth (endgame)
[Adjusted Selectivity END2 = 3] * Maximum selective depth (simple endgame)
*
[ANTI-GM = OFF]
[EVALUATION = SMART]
[Extensions (remaining)= 3]
[Extensions (checks)= normal] * low|moderate|normal|strong|all
[Extensions (captures)= 0]
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Groeten, Eelco
>
>On June 11, 2005 at 09:42:16, Eelco de Groot wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>I'm playing a match against Gandalf 6.01, just to try out my Pro Deo 1.1 Vulcan
>>{9i8c} settings. Gandalf is a strong opponent so I expect it to win the match.
>>Games are played on one Athlon 3200+, no pondering, 200 Mb HT for each engine.
>>
>>It is not a dual 2,7 GHz Mac but fast enough for me!
>>
>>Time control is 40 moves in one hour, repeated for next 40 moves.
>>Start positions are from Noomen.pgn, first a Sicilian Richter-Rauzer.
>>
>>Two draws fought to the end in the first round. Pro Deo appeared to have some
>>good chances in the second game with two connected passers and a material
>>advantage, showing +3 eval, but Gandalf also had a passed pawn that came close
>>to touching the baseline. In the end it was Pro Deo that had to fight to secure
>>a draw with a Queen against Rook, Knight and Bishop. That was an interesting
>>endgame to watch, and Pro Deo escaped after finding 132.Qd3!, after that both
>>engines gave the position a draw value.
>>
>>
>>[Event "Tournament Test Pro Deo 1.1 Vulcan {9i8c}"]
>>[Site "Groningen"]
>>[Date "2005.06.11"]
>>[Round "1.1"]
>>[White "Gandalf 6.01"]
>>[Black "Pro Deo 1.1 - Vulcan {9i8c}"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>[ECO "B66"]
>>[TimeControl "40/3600:40/3600"]
>>
>>{ERT 0.9.0.7 Autoflag=On Pondering=Off OperatorTime=300 mS Start
>>positions=Noomen 05.pgn}
>>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6
>>6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Bd7
>>11.Be2 b5 12.Bf3 Rc8 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Qxd8+ Bxd8
>>16.fxe5 Nd7 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.exd6 O-O 20.Rhf1 e5
>>21.Rfe1 f5 22.Bd2 e4 23.Bh5 f4 24.Bg4 Rce8 25.Bc3 g6
>>26.b3 h5 27.Be2 e3 28.Rg1 Rf5 29.g4 Rf7 30.gxh5 f3
>>31.Rdf1 Re6 32.Rxg6+ Rxg6 33.hxg6 Rf8 34.Kd1 Rf5 35.Bxf3 Bxf3+
>>36.Ke1 Bg4 37.Rxf5 Bxf5 38.g7 Bxc2 39.Ke2 b4 40.Bxb4 Kxg7
>>41.Kxe3 Bb1 42.Kd2 Kf6 43.a4 Ke6 44.Kc3 Bg6 45.Ba3 Ne5
>>46.b4 Kxd6 47.b5+ Kc7 48.bxa6 Kb6 49.a7 Kxa7 50.h4 Nc6
>>51.Bd6 Bh5 52.Kc4 Kb6 53.Kd5 Nd8 54.Bb4 Kb7 55.Ke4 Nc6
>>56.Be1 Nd8 57.Bd2 Ka6 58.Kd4 Nc6+ 59.Kc5 Ne5 60.Kb4 Nf3
>>61.Bf4 Nd4 62.Bc7 Kb7 63.Kc4 Nf5 64.Bd8 Ka7 65.Kd5 Ka6
>>66.Ke6 Nxh4 67.Bc7 Nf3 68.Kf6 Nd2 69.Ke7 Bd1 70.a5 Nc4
>>71.Ke6 Be2 72.Kd5 Kb5 73.Kd4 Bf1 74.Bd8 Bg2 75.Bb6 Bd5
>>76.Bc5 Kxa5 77.Bb4+ Ka6 78.Kxd5 {Draw ! Insufficient material.} 1/2-1/2
>>
>>[D]8/8/k7/3K4/1Bn5/8/8/8 b - -
>>
>>
>>[Event "Tournament Test Pro Deo 1.1 Vulcan {9i8c}"]
>>[Site "Groningen"]
>>[Date "2005.06.11"]
>>[Round "1.2"]
>>[White "Pro Deo 1.1 - Vulcan {9i8c}"]
>>[Black "Gandalf 6.01"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>[ECO "B66"]
>>[TimeControl "40/3600:40/3600"]
>>
>>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6
>>6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Bd7
>>11.Be2 Qc7 12.g4 b5 13.g5 hxg5 14.fxg5 Nh7 15.h4 b4
>>16.Nb1 Qb7 17.Nf3 a5 18.Qd3 a4 19.g6 b3 20.gxf7+ Kxf7
>>21.a3 bxc2 22.Qxc2 Na5 23.Nc3 Rac8 24.Rdf1 Kg8 25.e5 Bc6
>>26.Nd2 Nf8 27.exd6 Bxd6 28.Rh3 Qc7 29.Rg1 Be5 30.Kd1 Qb7
>>31.h5 Nb3 32.h6 Rd8 33.Bd3 Bg2 34.Rh4 Nd4 35.h7+ Kf7
>>36.Bxd4 Bxd4 37.Rf4+ Ke7 38.Rxd4 Rxd4 39.Nce4 Rxd3 40.Qxd3 Bxe4
>>41.Rxg7+ Ke8 42.Qc3 Qxg7 43.Qxg7 Rxh7 44.Qg3 Rh1+ 45.Ke2 Bd5
>>46.Qb8+ Ke7 47.Qb4+ Kf7 48.Qf4+ Ke7 49.Qxa4 Ng6 50.Qa7+ Kf6
>>51.Qc7 e5 52.Kd3 Nf4+ 53.Kc2 Rh2 54.Qd6+ Kf5 55.Qf8+ Kg6
>>56.Qe8+ Kf6 57.Qd8+ Kf5 58.Qd7+ Be6 59.Qg7 e4 60.Qd4 Bd5
>>61.Qc5 Kg4 62.Qg1+ Rg2 63.Qd4 Kf5 64.Qc5 Kg4 65.Qc3 Re2
>>66.Qg7+ Kf5 67.Kc3 Re3+ 68.Kb4 Re1 69.Qd7+ Kg5 70.Qd8+ Kg4
>>71.Qc8+ Be6 72.Qh8 Bd5 73.Ka4 e3 74.Qg7+ Kf5 75.Qh7+ Kg4
>>76.Nb1 e2 77.Qg7+ Kf5 78.Nc3 Rd1 79.Nxe2 Nxe2 80.b4 Bc4
>>81.Qc7 Nc3+ 82.Ka5 Rd5+ 83.Kb6 Na4+ 84.Kc6 Re5 85.Qd7+ Re6+
>>86.Kb7 Nc3 87.a4 Ke4 88.Qd2 Bd5+ 89.Ka7 Rc6 90.Qg5 Kd3
>>91.Qf5+ Kc4 92.b5 Rc7+ 93.Kb8 Rb7+ 94.Kc8 Rb6 95.Qc2 Re6
>>96.Kc7 Bf3 97.Kd7 Re2 98.Qc1 Kb4 99.b6 Nxa4 100.Kc7 Nc5
>>101.Qb1+ Nb3 102.Qd3 Re7+ 103.Kd8 Rf7 104.Ke8 Bh5 105.Qe4+ Ka3
>>106.Kd8 Bf3 107.Qe6 Rf4 108.Qe7+ Rb4 109.Qc7 Ka4 110.Qd7+ Rb5
>>111.Kc7 Na5 112.Qd4+ Rb4 113.Qd3 Bc6 114.Qd6 Rc4 115.Kb8 Be4
>>116.Qf8 Kb5 117.Qf6 Nc6+ 118.Kc7 Nb4+ 119.Kb8 Bd5 120.b7 Nc6+
>>121.Kc7 Na5+ 122.Kd6 Bxb7 123.Qb2+ Rb4 124.Qe5+ Ka6 125.Qe2+ Rb5
>>126.Qd3 Bc6 127.Qe2 Nb3 128.Qc4 Bb7 129.Kc7 Bd5 130.Qd3 Na5
>>131.Qg6+ Nc6 132.Qd3 Na7 133.Qg6+ Ka5 134.Qd3 Rb7+ 135.Kd6 Nb5+
>>136.Kxd5 Rd7+ 137.Ke4 Rxd3 138.Kxd3 {Draw ! Insufficient material.} 1/2-1/2
>>
>>[D]8/8/8/kn6/8/3K4/8/8 b - -
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