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Hello! I would like to share with you the 2020 version of the Lua script that I use to start CuteChess Cli. I am very glad of it. Sometimes you are glad for a little thing. :) The difference with the first version is that the script reads engines.json and picks N random engines. Another difference i...

Guenther wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 31, 2019 7:37 am

Just in case, you know that POS needs cmd args?

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POS_120 --io-mode xboard" /fd=C:\Engines\WBJAVA\POS_120

Thank you for the information.

With CuteChess POS doesn't seem to work. I tried with WinBoard. It works, but unfortunately POS always loses on time. The time control was 40/4. What I don't understand is that Iota 0.1 always loses on time too, which doesn't happen with CuteChess, even with shorter time control. :| My Windows compu...

flok wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 29, 2019 7:46 pm

can you include POS (https://vanheusden.com/pos/)? Am curious how it scores with the others.

With pleasure. Unfortunately, I can't get the Linux version to work.

I will give it a try tomorrow under Windows.

N.E.G. 0.3 was actually a slightly modified version of my regular alpha-beta engine Joker, which was closed source. I haven't worked on that since 2008, and I am not even sure I do have sources, as this is many computers ago. The Ram 2.0 source is below. It should be linked with the MersenneTwister...

@H.G.Muller By the way, may I ask if you still have the source code of older versions? I have a Windows binary of N.E.G. 0.3, that I often use. I would have liked (if possible) to see the source code. Same question for Ram 2.0. It isn't easy to search for these engines on the web, because the names ...

Indeed. I see that it only recognizes a move as a promotion when there is a 'q' suffix, and otherwise doesn't promote it at all. So the Pawn remains a Pawn, and there is no check to resolve. I see. I could have suspected that the problem came from the unusual promotion on rook. :) BTW, the most obv...

It looks like I discovered a bug in NEG 1.2. Here is the PGN file. [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.12.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Floyd 0.9"] [Black "NEG 1.2"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [PlyCount "45"] [Termination "illegal move"] [TimeControl "40/60"] 1. Nf3 {+0.20/9 0.54s...

Hello! Eschecs 5.0.2 is available . It's the second attempt to fix the bug reported by Martin (application freezing when a piece was dropped out of the chessboard). Now, when the user drags a piece out of the chessboard, the move is aborted. There are only binaries for Windows, since the Linux versi...

Ovyron wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 26, 2019 8:14 am

6. LucasChess - To play engine tournaments with engines of different personalities or settings.

+1

Yes, LucasChess is great. For Shredder, it's a pity that the free version is limited in time.

From an aesthetic point of view, my favourite GUI is Mayura Chessboard.