Hi George,George Tsavdaris wrote:I have tried matching Heretic 0.2 with Gothic Vortex but it is getting killed since it doesn't know how to castle in Gothic Chess and its King always remains in the center.mar wrote:That would be great, thanks. Looking forward to see the results. I can only say Bihasa is out of reach for sure, it wiped the floor with Heretic badly, which I of course expectedhgm wrote:After the Battle of the Goths has finished I will do a gauntlet with Heretic 0.2 versus all playoff partcipants, to get ratings. There is a slight chance I will also be able to add the commercial program Gothic Vortex to that. (If Ed Trice sends me the sources, and I manage to convert it to WB protocol.)
But there's still a lot of room for improvements. Btw. good luck convincing Ed. I wonder how strong Gothic Vortex is...
I can only make it recognize Capablanca Chess. Is there a way to make it castle in Gothic Chess?
There is no king safety at all in Heretic (to honor its name - only material + mobility) but castling moves should have higher move-ordering priority. It's true that I haven't seen Heretic castle in a single game (even where appropriate). I guess the only difference between capablanca and gothic is the starting position, so the problem is that Heretic won't castle when it should rather than it can't castle in gothic?
Martin