Open Letter to Komodo/Dragon Team

[jshriver]

Can you change you version # in uci string? I've been running a dedicated node for a while now and just bought dragon 2. But the UCI info is still dragon with no version #.

Broader scope think engine vs engine or analysis on pgn, name goes by uci name output, and its still Dragon so can't tell if Dragon 1 or 2.

Sorry

If anyone wants a sneak peak check http://openchessdb.com been working on it since last Christmas.

-Josh

Edit: In humble opinion the "id name" after UCI should be "Dragon 2 by Komodo Chess 64-bit"

Can't wait to play it, but dont want to taint my dataset not knowing if v1 or v2 yet

[jshriver]

Checking strings, thought i could temp fix by searching for string and sed replace... but mentions %s and kills it.

So I think your version release missed declaring a version # for %s in that string?

[gaard]

Can you change you version # in uci string? I've been running a dedicated node for a while now and just bought dragon 2. But the UCI info is still dragon with no version #.

Broader scope think engine vs engine or analysis on pgn, name goes by uci name output, and its still Dragon so can't tell if Dragon 1 or 2.

Sorry

If anyone wants a sneak peak check http://openchessdb.com been working on it since last Christmas.

-Josh

Edit: In humble opinion the "id name" after UCI should be "Dragon 2 by Komodo Chess 64-bit"

Can't wait to play it, but dont want to taint my dataset not knowing if v1 or v2 yet

I get:

Dragon by Komodo Chess 64-bit
Dragon by Komodo Chess 2 64-bit

[mjlef]

Can you change you version # in uci string? I've been running a dedicated node for a while now and just bought dragon 2. But the UCI info is still dragon with no version #.

Broader scope think engine vs engine or analysis on pgn, name goes by uci name output, and its still Dragon so can't tell if Dragon 1 or 2.

Sorry

If anyone wants a sneak peak check http://openchessdb.com been working on it since last Christmas.

-Josh

Edit: In humble opinion the "id name" after UCI should be "Dragon 2 by Komodo Chess 64-bit"

Can't wait to play it, but dont want to taint my dataset not knowing if v1 or v2 yet

Good point. It shows the order you want on startup, but not for the UCI "id name" string. I just fixed the code and future versions will do as you requested. Thanks for letting us know.

[yurikvelo]

I get:

uci
id name Dragon by Komodo Chess 2 64-bit
id author Don Dailey, Larry Kaufman, Mark Lefler, Dmitry Pervov, and Dietrich Kappe

[Chessqueen]

Can you change you version # in uci string? I've been running a dedicated node for a while now and just bought dragon 2. But the UCI info is still dragon with no version #.

Broader scope think engine vs engine or analysis on pgn, name goes by uci name output, and its still Dragon so can't tell if Dragon 1 or 2.

Sorry

If anyone wants a sneak peak check http://openchessdb.com been working on it since last Christmas.

-Josh

Edit: In humble opinion the "id name" after UCI should be "Dragon 2 by Komodo Chess 64-bit"

Can't wait to play it, but dont want to taint my dataset not knowing if v1 or v2 yet

I see what your concern is all about, but when you export the pgn or entire game like I am doing here, you will clearly see Dragon-2-64bit-avx2. I can NOT wait until Mr. Kaufman release the newer version with the level Option to based on ratings where if I want to play versus the preset rating of 2000, I can just select that rating under the level

[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "MININT-UB2PIMJ"]
[Date "2021.09.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dragon-2-64bit-avx2"]
[Black "Komodo-13.3-64bit-bmi2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "3480"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD Tarrasch"]
[Time "07:58:06"]
[Variation "5.Nf3 Nc6"]
[WhiteElo "3682"]
[TimeControl "60+3"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qxd5
Qe7 8. Qe4 Be6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Rd8 12. Qc1 Qf7 13. e3 Nge7
14. Be2 Qg6 15. O-O Bh3 16. Ne1 Be6 17. Na4 Bf7 18. Nf3 O-O 19. Nc3 a6 20.
Rd1 h6 21. a3 f5 22. Qc2 b5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Kh7 26. h3
Qe6 27. Bf1 g6 28. Qd2 b4 29. axb4 Nxb4 30. Ne2 a5 31. Nf4 Qf6 32. Qd7 Kg7
33. Nd4 h5 34. Nde6+ Kh7 35. Bc4 Bg8 36. Qe8 Kh6 37. h4 Nbc6 38. Bb5 Ne5
39. Qd8 Ng4 40. g3 Ne5 41. Ng5 Ng4 42. Nfe6 Bxe6 43. Nxe6 Kh7 44. Ng5+ Kh6
45. Be2 Kg7 46. b3 Qe5 47. Bc4 Qa1+ 48. Kg2 Qf6 49. Be6 Ne5 50. Qxa5 N7c6
51. Qa6 Qd8 52. Bxf5 Qd6 53. Be4 Kf6 54. Qb7 Ne7 55. b4 Kg7 56. b5 Kf8 57.
b6 N7c6 58. Qh7 Qd7 59. Qh8+ Ke7 60. b7 Qe8 61. Qxe8+ Kxe8 62. f4 Nd7
{Black resigns} *