Komodo - Rybka in Danger?

[Damir]

A new Chess engine by Larry K & Don Dailey is on its way ( this engine is a much improved version of Doch which will soon support MP, and not be free, but single version is....)

[Damir]

Sorry forgot the link. Here it is:
http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... ?tid=15105

[M ANSARI]

A breath of fresh air after all the clone invasions.

[Don]

A breath of fresh air after all the clone invasions.

Komodo 1.0 is a much improved Doch and represent a name change of course. But it's the same program underneath the hood.

Almost all the improvement are very minor in nature, but it adds up to quite a bit. The only substantial "breakthrough" is in much improved move ordering which appears to have a positive affect on LMR more than it does on raw speed.

Both Larry and I are very excited about this version.

[Highendman]

I'm looking forward to taking a new exciting legit engine for a spin.
In your tests, what's the ELO increase vs. Doch?
Another question: do you explicitly try 'give it a playing style' or is it more about tuning eval/search, and whatever gets the highest elo you're happy with?

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

A breath of fresh air after all the clone invasions.

Indeed

[meschle]

A breath of fresh air after all the clone invasions.

Komodo 1.0 is a much improved Doch and represent a name change of course. But it's the same program underneath the hood.

Almost all the improvement are very minor in nature, but it adds up to quite a bit. The only substantial "breakthrough" is in much improved move ordering which appears to have a positive affect on LMR more than it does on raw speed.

Both Larry and I are very excited about this version.

I like the name - looking forward to test it

p.s. still prefer the name RaZor but Komodo is good

[swami]

A breath of fresh air after all the clone invasions.

Komodo 1.0 is a much improved Doch and represent a name change of course. But it's the same program underneath the hood.

Almost all the improvement are very minor in nature, but it adds up to quite a bit. The only substantial "breakthrough" is in much improved move ordering which appears to have a positive affect on LMR more than it does on raw speed.

Both Larry and I are very excited about this version.

I like the name - looking forward to test it

p.s. still prefer the name RaZor but Komodo is good

Great, looking forward to it.

I think there was a Komodo anti virus or firewall software, wasn't there?

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

A breath of fresh air after all the clone invasions.

Komodo 1.0 is a much improved Doch and represent a name change of course. But it's the same program underneath the hood.

Almost all the improvement are very minor in nature, but it adds up to quite a bit. The only substantial "breakthrough" is in much improved move ordering which appears to have a positive affect on LMR more than it does on raw speed.

Both Larry and I are very excited about this version.

Thanks Don,great news and good luck with the upcoming release....
Dr.D

[Don]

I'm looking forward to taking a new exciting legit engine for a spin.
In your tests, what's the ELO increase vs. Doch?
Another question: do you explicitly try 'give it a playing style' or is it more about tuning eval/search, and whatever gets the highest elo you're happy with?

We try to make the engine play as much in a human style as possible, but currently strength trumps style. When it's a close call we try to make it evaluate more like a human grandmaster would.