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Richard,

Thanks,

What is the expected elo gain over the previous version?

I just purchased Komodo4 SP. After I paid with paypal, I instantly received an email with a valid download link. Great service! I was gonna wait until the MP version, but see there is no economic disadvantage to buying both and don't mind supporting Larry and Don. So - When is the MP version coming ...

Zappa with Mate Extensions never fails!! New game [D] 2K1k1br/3p1n1r/P1p2pN1/3p1N2/2P4P/8/P2P1p2/8 w - - 0 1 Analysis by Zappa Mexico II 64: 1.a7 f1Q 2.a8N Qf4 3.Nxf4 Ne5 4.Nc7+ Kf8 5.cxd5 Rxh4 6.Nxh4 Rxh4 7.d4 Rxf4 8.dxe5 cxd5 9.exf6 d4 -+ (-8.24) Depth: 11/38 00:00:00 1648kN 1.a7 f1Q 2.a8N Qf4 3.N...

Zappa with mate Extensions dosen't miss much. This indeed appears to be a mate in 16: New game 8/7q/2K2p2/4p3/2k1P2p/8/3P4/7Q w - - 0 1 Analysis by Zappa Mexico II 64: 1.Qb1 Qg8 2.Qa2+ Kd3 3.Qxg8 Kxd2 4.Qh8 h3 5.Qxh3 +- (7.15) Depth: 9/37 00:00:00 1255kN, tb=42 1.Qb1 Qg8 2.Qa2+ Kd3 3.Qxg8 Kxd2 4.Qh8...

A question to H.G. Muller: I like joker1114w. It plays openings quickly and well, and against top engines, holds it's own, for a while. When it loses, it starts to go wrong in the late middlegame and early endgame. I know you are working on variants. I was wondering if there are any planned updates ...

What does untuned mean and why is everybody claiming Strelka 5 is untuned?

Zappa with mate extensions finds mate in 39 in 6 seconds: New game 7R/1B4k1/1N3b2/1B6/1N6/NB6/1rBNBNB1/K1N5 b - - 0 1 Analysis by Zappa Mexico II 64: 1...Rxc2+ 2.Kb1 Rb2+ 3.Ka1 Rxd2+ 4.Kb1 Rb2+ 5.Ka1 Rxe2+ 6.Kb1 Rb2+ 7.Ka1 Rxf2+ 8.Kb1 Rb2+ 9.Ka1 Rxg2+ 10.Kb1 Rb2+ 11.Ka1 Rxb3+ 12.Ka2 Rb2+ 13.Ka1 Rxb4...

Zappa with Mate extensions: New game k7/p1pR4/1p3p2/2P2rpB/PbP4p/2N1p2p/KP6/8 w - - 0 1 Analysis by Zappa Mexico II 64: 1.c6 a6 2.Nd5 Rxd5 3.Rxd5 h2 4.Rd1 f5 5.Rh1 -+ (-1.58) Depth: 10/32 00:00:00 593kN 1.Nd5 Bxc5 2.Bg4 Rxd5 3.Rxd5 h2 4.Bf3 c6 -+ (-1.56) Depth: 10/35 00:00:00 1397kN 1.Nd5 Bxc5 2.Bg4...

New game 1r4r1/3q1npk/2b1pbnp/Rp1p4/1N1P3P/2PQ1pP1/1K3B2/5B1R w - - 0 1 Analysis by Deep Sjeng WC2008 x64: 1.h5 Kh8 2.Qxg6 Nd6 3.Ra6 Rbc8 -/+ (-1.36) Depth: 6/16 00:00:00 13kN 1.h5 Kh8 2.Qxg6 Nd6 3.Ra6 Rgc8 4.Nxc6 Rxc6 -/+ (-1.37) Depth: 7/17 00:00:00 29kN 1.h5 Kh8 2.Qxg6 Nd6 3.Na6 Ra8 4.Bd3 Nc4+ 5....

New game 1r4r1/3q1npk/2b1pbnp/Rp1p4/1N1P3P/2PQ1pP1/1K3B2/5B1R w - - 0 1 Analysis by Fire 1.5 xTreme x64p: 1.h5 Kh8 2.hxg6 Ng5 3.g4 Bb7 4.Qxb5 Bc6 5.Qd3 -+ (-1.72) Depth: 8 00:00:00 16kN 1.h5 Kh8 2.hxg6 Ng5 3.g4 Bb7 4.Qxb5 Bc6 5.Qd3 -+ (-1.72) Depth: 8 00:00:00 17kN 1.h5 Kh8 2.hxg6 Ng5 3.g4 Bb7 4.Bg3...