THINKER 5.3B - A VERY STRONG ENGINE !

[Tony Thomas]

Will a future Winboard protocol support Multi-PV and Exclude moves? Those are the only reasons I like UCI better.

I think the latest winboard from H.G already supports Multi-PV, I saw it in a discussion here few days ago.

[ernest]

I think the latest winboard from H.G already supports Multi-PV, I saw it in a discussion here few days ago.

You read that a little too fast , there are problems!
See:
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopi ... =&start=20

[Werner]

Hi Graham,
this works for eng-eng matches with ponder off (CEGT ) - but the engine does not ponder here (I was using Fritz 11 GUI).

Anyone found a solution for pondering ?

PS: I have very good results till now with the 2CPU engine - much stronger than version 5.2.

best

[Lilleemester]

http://cid-2991af457de54bf0.skydrive.li ... ker53B.zip

Hi!

Who belongs to the new UCI? Is it "Glaurung" or something else?


Regards Torbjorn

[mclane]

my problem is that i see no information under arena. only if it moves i get
a main-line. but not during computation. is there anything wrong with my setting ?

[krazyken]

my problem is that i see no information under arena. only if it moves i get
a main-line. but not during computation. is there anything wrong with my setting ?

Nothing wrong with your settings, Thinker is a very private engine, it will not report anything to the GUI, other than it's move choice. Not even it's name!

[Dann Corbit]

my problem is that i see no information under arena. only if it moves i get
a main-line. but not during computation. is there anything wrong with my setting ?

Apparently it's a design decision. I guess it is the feature that receives the most complaints.

But it plays like Anand anyway so I guess we will just have to live with it.

Perhaps thinker is as silent as a shadow of a stone that joined a monestary with a vow of silence, but it plays great anyway.

[mclane]

thank you for the confirmation of my "problem".

the information is the thing that makes a chess program most interesting for me. a pity i cannot watch the main lines etc. DURING search process.

[swami]

thank you for the confirmation of my "problem".

the information is the thing that makes a chess program most interesting for me. a pity i cannot watch the main lines etc. DURING search process.

I wouldn't worry about it. I would instead take the oppurtinity to keep guessing the future moves that Thinker might make.

[Sylwy]

thank you for the confirmation of my "problem".

the information is the thing that makes a chess program most interesting for me. a pity i cannot watch the main lines etc. DURING search process.

I wouldn't worry about it. I would instead take the oppurtinity to keep guessing the future moves that Thinker might make.

Hi !

In the middlegame & endgame Thinker is a full unpedictable engine.A lot of moves are different from the opposite engine PVs.
I think its source code it's extremely interesting !

Regards,
Silvian