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swami
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Post by swami Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:43 am
Uri Blass wrote: perejaslav wrote: playing mode not working
engine can only analyze positions now
i can't play any match using it
I guess that this is what happens when authors test the engine only in test suites and not in games as I suggested in the programming forum.
You get engines that are very strong but cannot play chess
First time I see Uri actually laughing out loud.
I'm sure the author will make a corrected new version that can play games. Someone needs to alert him about this bug, or maybe he knows this.
Dann Corbit
Posts: 12778Joined: Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:57 pmLocation: Redmond, WA USA
Post by Dann Corbit Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:22 am
Uri Blass wrote: perejaslav wrote: playing mode not working
engine can only analyze positions now
i can't play any match using it
I guess that this is what happens when authors test the engine only in test suites and not in games as I suggested in the programming forum.
You get engines that are very strong but cannot play chess
If someone wants to add the functionality, here is a version that will compile with MS Visual C++, provided that you have the pthreads library and zlib:
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/umko.7z
It seems to be lacking any notion of time control. I guess that he simply has not written it yet.
swami
Posts: 6659Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:21 am
Post by swami Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:00 am
The author just released the 4th version of the engine:
Umko 0.4:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/umko/files/
I hope it does play games now.
Ómar
Post by Ómar Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:33 am
Thanks very much, Swami
Sedat Canbaz
Posts: 3018Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:58 amLocation: Antalya/Turkey
Post by Sedat Canbaz Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:35 am
Hello Dann,
I dont know what can be the reason,but these engines (Umko v0.4+your Stockfish compile) dont play on my machines and i get a such error message:
Best,
Sedat
Sedat Canbaz
Posts: 3018Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:58 amLocation: Antalya/Turkey
Post by Sedat Canbaz Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:39 am
Note:both Redistributable Packages are installed on my machines:
Sedat Canbaz
Posts: 3018Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:58 amLocation: Antalya/Turkey
Post by Sedat Canbaz Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:52 am
Btw,the latest Umko v0.4 does not play under Fritz12GUI too:Round: 1; Umko 0.4 caused an exception, game stopped.
DomLeste
Posts: 221Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:53 pm
Post by DomLeste Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:05 am
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Volker Pittlik
Posts: 627Joined: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:10 pmLocation: Murten / Morat, SwitzerlandFull name: Volker Pittlik
Post by Volker Pittlik Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:22 am
Hm, it runs fine here, stronger than BBChess, but I compiled it for Linux here.
vp
Sedat Canbaz
Posts: 3018Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:58 amLocation: Antalya/Turkey
Post by Sedat Canbaz Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:25 am
Thanks.. now its with Stockfish-162s-64dc after installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 (4.7mb)
Its interesting to note with the previous one (Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x64) 4.1mb) Stockfish-162s-64dc did not want to play ?!
But,the problem continues with Umko 0.4 and the engine still does not want to play...
Best,
Sedat
