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1k1r2r1/pb5n/1qpp2pP/1pb1p3/4P3/1PNP1QN1/1PPB4/2K2R1R w - - 0 1 infinite: 0 time: 0 increment: 0 moves to go: 0 [snip] McBrain 9.5 dep score nodes time (not shown: tbhits knps seldep) 36 +1.62 5.34G 4:48.02 b4 Bxb4 Qf7 Rh8 Qxg6 Bc8 Nf5 Rd7 Be3 Qa5 Nb1 Qd8 Nd2 Nf8 Qg5 Qxg5 Bxg5 Ne6 Be7 a5 c3 Bc5 Nb3...

Chest solves it quickly. Some engines have trouble. r1bk3r/pp6/2nN4/3N2qn/2Kbppp1/P7/1PP1B1P1/R1BQ3R b - - acn 44675735; acs 142; bm Qxd5+; ce 32750; dm 9; pv Qxd5+ Kxd5 Nf6+ Kc4 Be6+ Kb5 a6+ Ka4 b5+ Nxb5 axb5+ Kxb5 Ra5+ Kxc6 Bd5+ Kd6 Ne8#; Houdini 6 Tactical 1 solves it instantly. on very weak Pi ...

8/6p1/1pp5/k7/1p6/1P6/6pK/6Qb w - - bm Qa1+; acd 42; acs 557; bm Qa1+; ce 32738; dm 15; id "yacpdb id 329478"; pm Qa1+; pv Qa1+ Kb5 Kg1 g6 Qh8 Ka6 Qa8+ Kb5 Qa1 g5 Qh8 Ka6 Qa8+ Kb5 Qa1 g4 Qh8 Ka6 Qa8+ Kb5 Qa1 g3 Qh8 Ka6 Qa8+ Kb5 Qa1 Kc5 Qe5+; It is easy to find mate, and even the key move. Finding m...

8/6p1/1pp5/k7/1p6/1P6/6pK/6Qb w - - bm Qa1+; acd 42; acs 557; bm Qa1+; ce 32738; dm 15; id "yacpdb id 329478"; pm Qa1+; pv Qa1+ Kb5 Kg1 g6 Qh8 Ka6 Qa8+ Kb5 Qa1 g5 Qh8 Ka6 Qa8+ Kb5 Qa1 g4 Qh8 Ka6 Qa8+ Kb5 Qa1 g3 Qh8 Ka6 Qa8+ Kb5 Qa1 Kc5 Qe5+; It is easy to find mate, and even the key move. Finding m...

current McBrain 9.6 ( not released) sees it in 48 seconds on my machine using a modified Monte Carlo search function written originally by Stefano Cardanobile info depth 27 seldepth 44 multipv 1 score cp -54 nodes 847038041 nps 19471691 hashfull 244 tbhits 0 time 43501 pv c4d3 b8c6 b1d2 g6g7 d3f5 d8...

1k1r2r1/pb5n/1qpp2pP/1pb1p3/4P3/1PNP1QN1/1PPB4/2K2R1R w - - 0 1 infinite: 0 time: 0 increment: 0 moves to go: 0 [snip] McBrain 9.5 dep score nodes time (not shown: tbhits knps seldep) 36 +1.62 5.34G 4:48.02 b4 Bxb4 Qf7 Rh8 Qxg6 Bc8 Nf5 Rd7 Be3 Qa5 Nb1 Qd8 Nd2 Nf8 Qg5 Qxg5 Bxg5 Ne6 Be7 a5 c3 Bc5 Nb3...

an 11 minute search with no EGTB with McBrain 9.6 (not yet released) , this version has a modified Monte Carlo search originally written by Stefano Cardanobile, finds the first mate in just over 5 minutes and just over 9 billion nodes searched Mac-Pro:~/cluster.mfb % McBrain-96 McBrain 9.6 64 POPCNT...

I m very surprised the Komodo team refused a draw. To me it is very unfair. Leela is not the favorite here, and even if it was, it would have been unfair. Now if Komodo win, who's gonna be happy for the team ? Few people and most won't. Game is a draw. First time Leela play, and they refuse draw be...

what's your opinion? does anyone know what hardware will it run on? I suspect she will do very well since she will be on the hardware she was designed for. It's going to create quite a stir, if she wins. The progress has been amazing, I used to be able to beat it ( albeit on very weak hardware - re...

PeterO wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:43 pm

Hi chessfriends,

can somebody make a LcZero engine for android?

Peter

I'm sure somebody could - we already have it for the Raspberry/DGT Pi, with credit and huge thanks to Al Scally!