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Subject: Re: Strongest chess program ever made, Deep Intimidator

Author: Graham Banks

Date: 23:20:45 01/03/06

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On January 02, 2006 at 17:26:34, William Penn wrote:

>On January 02, 2006 at 16:27:35, Stuart Cracraft wrote:
>>>>>[D]r1r1q1k1/6p1/p2b1p1p/1p1PpP2/PPp5/2P4P/R1B2QP1/R5K1 w - -
>>>>>
>>>>>Engine: Rybka 1.01 Beta 7 32-bit (704 MB)
>>>>>by Vasik Rajlich
>>>>>
>>>>>20     25:13  +1.70    1.Qb6 Qe7 2.axb5 Rab8 3.Qxa6 e4
>>>>>                       4.Qa7 Qe5 5.Qe3 Re8 6.b6 Qh2+ 7.Kf1 Bf4 (160.548.890) 108
>>>>>
>>>>>20     28:22  +1.27    1.axb5 axb5 2.Be4 Rcb8 3.Ra6 Kf7
>>>>>                       4.Ra7+ Kg8 5.Kh2 Qd8 6.Kg3 Rxa7
>>>>>                       7.Qxa7 Bc7 (181.434.497) 109
>>>>>
>>>>>20     30:42  +0.67    1.Be4 a5 2.axb5 axb4 3.Rxa8 Rxa8
>>>>>                       4.Ra6 Qd8 5.Qa2 Rxa6 6.bxa6 Bc5+
>>>>>                       7.Kh2 b3 (196.471.231) 109
>>>>>
>>>>>WP
>>>>
>>>>I believe Be4 was the position that DB played that gave Kasparov pause.
>>>>
>>>>So to find that in 30 minutes by Rybka is a good accomplishment.
>>>>
>>>>Another feather in its hat.
>>>
>>>Sorry, I should have been more clear.
>>>That's multi-PV mode, showing 3 parallel PVs at level 20.
>>>According to Rybka, 1.Be4 is the third-best move.
>>>WP
>>
>>I own Rybka and am not familiar with this feature, spending
>>most time playing my (hack) program.
>>
>>What is "multi-PV" mode of Rybka do?
>
>It's used in analysis (infinite) mode. When an analysis is running, you can
>press a key to show multiple lines. Each GUI has its own method. With the
>Chessbase/Fritz GUI, press the "+" key to increase the number of lines, the "-"
>key to decrease them. With the Shredder Classic GUI, press the "f6" key for more
>lines, the "f5" key for less. It's useful when you want to see how the engine is
>thinking, which you can't tell when it is only displaying one line (PV).
>
>I still long for the early days when Dan and Kathe Spracklen's Sargon had a
>beautiful cascading picture window into the complexities of the analysis in
>progress. I haven't seen anything comparable since then, but would encourage
>chess authors to consider it. So what(?), if it slows down the engine 5%, or
>whatever! I like to watch the gears turn!! :)
>WP


Hi William,

I particularly enjoyed the thinking displayed by Chessmaster - an output of the
thinking variation in text plus the expected position at the end shown on a
separate small board.

Graham.



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