Andscacs
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Re: Andscacs
I think he's concerned about the website being down. It wasn't not so long ago.
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Re: Andscacs
From an email 4 months ago:
I'm not working on Andscacs and I don't plan to work on it again, it's too much work for too little improvement
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Re: Andscacs
He left the girlfriend part outGraham Banks wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2020 5:13 am From an email 4 months ago:
I'm not working on Andscacs and I don't plan to work on it again, it's too much work for too little improvement
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Re: Andscacs
After my error message for the andscacs site (in new engine releases 2020) I checked the site with 'whois' and
actually it says the site was registered for another year on January 31st.
That it still doesn't work might indicate a new domain owner. Whois was hiding that info.
https://rwbc-chess.de
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Re: Andscacs
Hello!
Yes, unless I had magically access to hundreds of cpus, I don't plan to continue with it. Or maybe in some years with much more powerful computers, who knows...
Many thanks to all for these nice years!
Best regards.
Yes, unless I had magically access to hundreds of cpus, I don't plan to continue with it. Or maybe in some years with much more powerful computers, who knows...
Many thanks to all for these nice years!
Best regards.
Daniel José - http://www.andscacs.com
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Re: Andscacs
Well, what a pity. Thanks for all your work and participation, Daniel!
I hope you will come back in a few years.
Best regards,
Guenther
https://rwbc-chess.de
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Re: Andscacs
CPU hardware for idea testing is indeed quite limiting.
Noobpwnftw is donating hardware time to Fishtest and OpenBench, and some engine authors (Demolito, RubiChess, Weiss) have joined OpenBench. It makes much easier for them to not be bottlenecked by testing time, especially as authors usually don't all test things at the same time. Maybe you could think about it.
Speeding up the engine is also useful, as it gives you a higher effective TC at equal resources.
That being said, trying to gain elo for a strong engine is quite unforgiving. Just doing the same stuff as everybody else is not so interesting, the thrill is to discover new concepts that gain elo and hopefully could also help to move the field as a whole. Computer Chess is waiting for the next search trick...
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Re: Andscacs
Thanks a lot for Andscacs, it was the strongest engine with original style that I tested.
Also, guys, it's open source! If you don't want Andscacs's flame to extinguish there's nothing stopping YOU from releasing next version
Also, guys, it's open source! If you don't want Andscacs's flame to extinguish there's nothing stopping YOU from releasing next version