CEGT - rating lists March 06th 2011

[silentshark]

Any how, my latest WIP version is currently showing 63 ELO better than 0.15. Maybe I need to release this one..

Please, please, please make it possible for your engine to play using a generic book as an option.

Cheers,
Graham.

You can use a different book, e.g. under Arena or similar, if the book is a "normal" book, e.g. both sides play a series of moves from the start position, rather than the game starting from an arbitrary position. i.e. it supports the "force" command, but not a fen-setup (or whatever it is) command.

Hope this makes some sort of sense?

[silentshark]

Perhaps there is something wrong with the evaluation - see here:

[d]8/2r3p1/7p/3q3P/5P2/3k2P1/1Q3B2/6K1 w - - 11 63
(why should black repeat such a position?)
FrancescaMad 016:
10 00:01 448.765 1.447.629 +0,35 b2a1 d5h5 a1d4 d3c2 d4e4 c2c1 f2e3 c1b2 e4d4 c7c3 d4d2 c3c2
11 00:01 818.121 1.341.181 +0,29 b2b1
12 00:02 1.399.518 1.216.972 0,00 b2b1 c7c2 b1a1 d5f3 a1a3 d3e2 a3e7 e2d2 e7b4 c2c3 b4d4 d2c1 d4g7 f3d1
13 00:02 1.834.536 1.239.551 0,00 b2b1 c7c2 b1a1 d5f3 a1a3 d3e2 a3e7 e2d2 e7b4 c2c3 b4d4 d2c1 d4g7 f3d1 g1g2
14 00:05 5.960.716 1.273.657 0,00 b2b1 c7c2 b1a1 d5f3 a1a3 d3e2 a3e7 e2d2 e7b4 c2c3 b4d4 d2c1 d4g7 f3d1 g1g2 d1f3
15 00:07 8.857.448 1.278.131 0,00 b2b1 c7c2 b1a1 d5f3 a1d4 d3e2 d4e5 e2d3 e5d4
16 00:22 25.607.695 1.209.621 0,00 f4f5 d5f5 b2b1 c7c2 b1b3 c2c3 b3d1 d3c4 d1a4 c4d3
17 00:24 28.925.332 1.209.253 0,00 f4f5 d5f5 b2b1 c7c2 b1b3 c2c3
18 00:29 34.287.616 1.217.167 0,00 f4f5 d5f5 b2b1 c7c2 b1b3 c2c3
19 00:38 44.962.227 1.209.637 0,00 f4f5 d5f5 b2b1 c7c2 b1b3 c2c3
20 00:50 60.010.952 1.208.193 0,00 f4f5 d5f5 b2b1 c7c2 b1b3 c2c3 b3b1 c3c2

some remarks: not easy to test, as analyzing does not work - and under Arena with inf time control the engine does not accept stop! Only stop engine process helps after a few seconds!

Brilliant! I will look into this. I bet it's king safety related..

[silentshark]

..which indeed it is. King safety on 0.16 is fairly crazy, maybe it needs bringing down a notch or two.

The reason for the draw score is that Francesca thinks that black's king is so open to attack that black will look for a draw (despite being up in material). Toning ks down a bit changes this, and Francesca sees a slight -ve score for white.

[Graham Banks]

Any how, my latest WIP version is currently showing 63 ELO better than 0.15. Maybe I need to release this one..

Please, please, please make it possible for your engine to play using a generic book as an option.

Cheers,
Graham.

You can use a different book, e.g. under Arena or similar, if the book is a "normal" book, e.g. both sides play a series of moves from the start position, rather than the game starting from an arbitrary position. i.e. it supports the "force" command, but not a fen-setup (or whatever it is) command.

Hope this makes some sort of sense?

Hi Tom,

thanks for replying.
I predominantly use ChessGUI with one of the books provided. I haven't had any success using Francesca with this setup. Guess I'm out of luck.
Anyway, thanks for your ongoing efforts in developing your engine.

Cheers,
Graham.

[silentshark]

Any how, my latest WIP version is currently showing 63 ELO better than 0.15. Maybe I need to release this one..

Please, please, please make it possible for your engine to play using a generic book as an option.

Cheers,
Graham.

You can use a different book, e.g. under Arena or similar, if the book is a "normal" book, e.g. both sides play a series of moves from the start position, rather than the game starting from an arbitrary position. i.e. it supports the "force" command, but not a fen-setup (or whatever it is) command.

Hope this makes some sort of sense?

Hi Tom,

thanks for replying.
I predominantly use ChessGUI with one of the books provided. I haven't had any success using Francesca with this setup. Guess I'm out of luck.
Anyway, thanks for your ongoing efforts in developing your engine.

Cheers,
Graham.

cheers, Graham, I'll take a look at that. I have had francesca run ok under chessGUI, but I will checkout what happens when you try to use one of the provided books.

[Graham Banks]

Hi Tom,

thanks for replying.
I predominantly use ChessGUI with one of the books provided. I haven't had any success using Francesca with this setup. Guess I'm out of luck.
Anyway, thanks for your ongoing efforts in developing your engine.

Cheers,
Graham.

cheers, Graham, I'll take a look at that. I have had francesca run ok under chessGUI, but I will checkout what happens when you try to use one of the provided books.

Thanks Tom.

[Frank Quisinsky]

Hi Tom,

it's possible to release the new version up to 02.05.2011. I will add Francesca in my big tourney with 13.000 new 40-minutes SWCR games. Look in my ToDo list on my start page. Francesca will replace Naraku (clone).

This would be great !!

Thanks for your efforts. Nice to see that you find interest again to work on your engine.

Best and ...
Have a nice weekend!

Frank

[silentshark]

Hi Tom,

it's possible to release the new version up to 02.05.2011. I will add Francesca in my big tourney with 13.000 new 40-minutes SWCR games. Look in my ToDo list on my start page. Francesca will replace Naraku (clone).

This would be great !!

Thanks for your efforts. Nice to see that you find interest again to work on your engine.

Best and ...
Have a nice weekend!

Frank

Hey Frank,

good to hear from you! Your posting has excellent timing - I'm going to release the new version tonight, just finishing off the last few testgames.

I hope I have finally cured a nasty bug which hit when Francesca had a won position. This bug saw clear wins against Glass, another-opponent-I've-forgotten and Philou thrown away in Olivier's openwar tourny.

Just need to sort out the kids bathtime, finish the tests, do some PGO compiles, crack open some red wine, put some tea on to cook, then it should be ready to roll.

Nice to replace a clone in your tournament. My engine might be 800 points weaker than some of these clones, but it's mine, warts and all.