Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 10:00:23 07/03/05
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On July 03, 2005 at 11:53:46, Tord Romstad wrote:
[Event "Arena tournament"]
[Site "CARLOS"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pharaon"]
[Black "Glaurung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Time "12:51:58"]
[TimeControl "900"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkrbnqbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKRBNQBN w KQkq - 0 1 "]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1.Ng3 {(Nh1g3 f7f5 f2f4 Nh8g6 Ne1d3 Bg8e6 e2e4 f5xe4 Ng3xe4 Qf8f5 Qf1f3 Be6xa2+)
-0.01/10 18} f5 {(f7f5 f2f4 c7c5 Ne1d3 c5c4 Nd3e5 d7d6 Ne5f3 Nh8g6 Nf3d4 Bd8a5
Nd4xf5
Ba5xd2) -0.01/13 32} 2.Nd3 {(Ne1d3 c7c6 f2f4 Bd8a5 c2c3 Nh8g6 Nd3c5 Kb8c7 Bd1c2
Ne8d6)
-0.04/10 22} f4 {(f5f4 Ng3e4 d7d5 Ne4c3 d5d4 Nc3b5 e7e5 f2f3 Nh8g6 c2c4 c7c6
Nb5a3)
+0.28/12 25} 3.Nc5 {(Nd3c5 Ne8f6 Ng3h5 Qf8e8 Nh5xf4 e7e5 Nf4h3 d7d6 Nc5b3 Nh8g6
f2f4
Bg8d5 f4xe5) +0.02/11 21} Bc4 {(Bg8c4 Ng3e4 d7d6 d2d3 Bc4g8 Nc5b3 e7e5 c2c4
Bg8e6
Bd1c2) +0.33/10 37} 4.Nxd7# {(Nc5xd7+) +M1/35 2} {Mate} 1-0
>Hi Jorge,
>
>Thanks for testing my engine! Nice to see that somebody actually uses the
>FRC version.
>
>On July 03, 2005 at 11:33:25, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>I noticed that Gothmog is very aggressive, its style of play is suitable for FRC
>>or Chess960, since it attacks the kingside like no other FRC engine, and it is
>>very tactical too.
>
>It is very possible that you are right (although the number of games is
>of course so low that Gothmog could just have been lucky). In FRC games,
>the engines usually find themselves in murky, tactically complicated and
>positionally ugly positions right out of the opening. A great degree
>of positional sophistication is often not needed; just developing the
>pieces actively and throwing them wildly against the opponent's king is
>likely to work well. This is precisely what Gothmog is good at.
>
>Another factor which may explain the good results for Gothmog is that Gothmog
>is relatively weak in the endgame. FRC puts the endgame a bit further away,
>which should improve Gothmog's chances a little.
>
>You may also want to try the experimental FRC version of Glaurung, my new
>engine. The source code is available from:
>
>http://www.math.uio.no/~romstad/glaurung/g024-frc-src.tar.gz
>
>Unfortunately I cannot yet provide a Windows executable, because I don't
>run Windows. For the same reason, the program is completely untested.
>There are no FRC compatible GUIs for Mac OS X.
>
>If your hypothesis is right, Glaurung should also perform relatively
>better in FRC. It is almost as aggressive as Gothmog, and it plays
>clearly better than Gothmog in normal chess.
>
>Tord
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