Gaviota 0.74 released

[michiguel]

Finally, after a long time... version 0.74 for Win32 (other versions later, particularly for Linux).

http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/

I may move the site to google sites from the previous one, but I am not sure yet. Do not cast in stone the links.

What is new:
A gazillion changes since 0.33 (6.5 years ago).
It is SMP
It has its own tablebases. It come with 3-pc tbs as an example.
You can generate 4 or 5-pc after opening the engine in console mode and typing tbgen 4 or tbgen 5 (the last one may take a couple of days on a fast dual).
I comes with a new book (~10 Mb), but it still can use the old one.
It may be 200 or 250 elo points stronger than the previous version and apparently has a very agressive style of play.
It supports all the new winboard features, AFAIK.
The documentation is non-existent. I will try to put something decent later.

Regards,
Miguel

[Guenther]

Finally, after a long time... version 0.74 for Win32 (other versions later, particularly for Linux).

http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/

I may move the site to google sites from the previous one, but I am not sure yet. Do not cast in stone the links.

What is new:
A gazillion changes since 0.33 (6.5 years ago).
It is SMP
It has its own tablebases. It come with 3-pc tbs as an example.
You can generate 4 or 5-pc after opening the engine in console mode and typing tbgen 4 or tbgen 5 (the last one may take a couple of days on a fast dual).
I comes with a new book (~10 Mb), but it still can use the old one.
It may be 200 or 250 elo points stronger than the previous version and apparently has a very agressive style of play.
It supports all the new winboard features, AFAIK.
The documentation is non-existent. I will try to put something decent later.

Regards,
Miguel

Thanks a lot Miguel. I am awaiting a new Gaviota since uhmm cannot
even remember. Does it still have position learning?

Regards,
Guenther

[fern]

Gracias, Miguel. Tratare de probarlo en Fritz 12 o si no, en Arena.
Un abrazo
Fernando

[michiguel]

Finally, after a long time... version 0.74 for Win32 (other versions later, particularly for Linux).

http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/

I may move the site to google sites from the previous one, but I am not sure yet. Do not cast in stone the links.

What is new:
A gazillion changes since 0.33 (6.5 years ago).
It is SMP
It has its own tablebases. It come with 3-pc tbs as an example.
You can generate 4 or 5-pc after opening the engine in console mode and typing tbgen 4 or tbgen 5 (the last one may take a couple of days on a fast dual).
I comes with a new book (~10 Mb), but it still can use the old one.
It may be 200 or 250 elo points stronger than the previous version and apparently has a very agressive style of play.
It supports all the new winboard features, AFAIK.
The documentation is non-existent. I will try to put something decent later.

Regards,
Miguel

Thanks a lot Miguel. I am awaiting a new Gaviota since uhmm cannot
even remember. Does it still have position learning?

Regards,
Guenther

Yes, the old features are kept. Looking at the gaviota.ini.txt file will tell you almost everything.

I promised a release almost a year ago... and I kept delaying it adding more and more details. This may not be perfect (some of the new winboard features are untested) but I did not want to wait anymore.
Not even for a better documentation.

Regards,
Miguel

[Volker Pittlik]

...(other versions later, particularly for Linux)...

Yes! Please!!!


Thanks in advance

vp

[Dann Corbit]

Finally, after a long time... version 0.74 for Win32 (other versions later, particularly for Linux).

http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/

I may move the site to google sites from the previous one, but I am not sure yet. Do not cast in stone the links.

What is new:
A gazillion changes since 0.33 (6.5 years ago).
It is SMP
It has its own tablebases. It come with 3-pc tbs as an example.
You can generate 4 or 5-pc after opening the engine in console mode and typing tbgen 4 or tbgen 5 (the last one may take a couple of days on a fast dual).
I comes with a new book (~10 Mb), but it still can use the old one.
It may be 200 or 250 elo points stronger than the previous version and apparently has a very agressive style of play.
It supports all the new winboard features, AFAIK.
The documentation is non-existent. I will try to put something decent later.

Regards,
Miguel

What a happy day!

I always liked the old gaviotta.
Johnathon Livingston Seagull has achieved phase 2.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Wow,at last
Dr.D

[AdminX]

Finally, after a long time... version 0.74 for Win32 (other versions later, particularly for Linux).

http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/

I may move the site to google sites from the previous one, but I am not sure yet. Do not cast in stone the links.

What is new:
A gazillion changes since 0.33 (6.5 years ago).
It is SMP
It has its own tablebases. It come with 3-pc tbs as an example.
You can generate 4 or 5-pc after opening the engine in console mode and typing tbgen 4 or tbgen 5 (the last one may take a couple of days on a fast dual).
I comes with a new book (~10 Mb), but it still can use the old one.
It may be 200 or 250 elo points stronger than the previous version and apparently has a very agressive style of play.
It supports all the new winboard features, AFAIK.
The documentation is non-existent. I will try to put something decent later.

Regards,
Miguel

Hi Miguel,

Will there be a 64-bit version, or is there no extra benefit to be gained by this?

Thanks

[michiguel]

Finally, after a long time... version 0.74 for Win32 (other versions later, particularly for Linux).

http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/

I may move the site to google sites from the previous one, but I am not sure yet. Do not cast in stone the links.

What is new:
A gazillion changes since 0.33 (6.5 years ago).
It is SMP
It has its own tablebases. It come with 3-pc tbs as an example.
You can generate 4 or 5-pc after opening the engine in console mode and typing tbgen 4 or tbgen 5 (the last one may take a couple of days on a fast dual).
I comes with a new book (~10 Mb), but it still can use the old one.
It may be 200 or 250 elo points stronger than the previous version and apparently has a very agressive style of play.
It supports all the new winboard features, AFAIK.
The documentation is non-existent. I will try to put something decent later.

Regards,
Miguel

Hi Miguel,

Will there be a 64-bit version, or is there no extra benefit to be gained by this?

Thanks

64-bit Linux is at least 30% faster that 32-bits if we compare Intel compiler or 50% if we compare gcc (because gcc32 is not good). Gaviota was always a bitboard engine.

I do not have a 64 bit windows compiler, but I was planning to bug Dann Corbit in private to compile it for me. In the past he helped me, so he may do that again. I am hereby bugging him in public.
I used Microsoft Visual studio express 2008, so port it to a Win64 should be one click away, considering that it compiles in 32 and 64 bit Linux without problems.

Miguel

[adieguez]

few days ago I was with your website in front of me and was thinking... why he haven't released anything newer..

and now whoa.. scary..

Finally, after a long time... version 0.74 for Win32 (other versions later, particularly for Linux).