Author: Jesus de la Villa
Date: 14:43:45 08/18/99
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On August 18, 1999 at 15:14:24, Pete Galati wrote: >On August 18, 1999 at 14:12:19, David L. Wyatt wrote: > >>On August 18, 1999 at 12:48:16, Jesus de la Villa wrote: >> >>>On August 18, 1999 at 02:35:11, brian robson wrote: >>> >>>>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/3246/ >>>>Bye >>> >>>Some comments: >>> >>>I have played about ten 5min games against Dchess and i >>>have the impression that it has a "problem" that is not >>>necesarily a bug, it sometimes "Sacrifice" a minor piece >>>for a pawn, because it "thinks" that will be recoverd later >>>taking anhoter minor piece wining the pawn, this never >>>happen. >>>I think this is due to the fact that it does not see deeper >>>than 6 ply (Fixed ?)at this time control, where other CP >>>sees at 7 or 8 ply (plus extensions). >>> >>>I'm also testing it vs. other CPs and i see some related >>>problems. >> >>Hehe, you're absolutely right :) I haven't programmed in any extensions just >>yet, that's one of the many things I plan to add to its algorithm now that I >>have a working version. I'm actually very amazed that the program's strength is >>sitting around expert level, with all of the search techniques that I left out >>in this first implementation. Agree, is amazing playing this way without those techniques. >> >>Regards, >>Dave Wyatt >>davew@chess.net > >Dchess is a good program, I'm probably not as critical as some regarding free >programs, but I think it's at a very enjoyable stage of it's developement. While >I didn't keep the Faile program who's move generation code you said you used, >I'm likely to hang on to Dchess at least for the time being. I'd consider it to >be pretty good for it's first release. > >Pete Yes, my impression is the same, very good for 1st release. Maybe its streght by now is strong knowledge.
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