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[hafni]

Thanks for sharing, this version is a lot of fun to play.

Best regards.

[Gabor Szots]

Benjamin 1.1 - Improved Playing Style and Strength.

Changes:

1. Improved King Safety or said better : improved King Attack.
2. Nullmove improvement.
3. Better tuning.

http://rebel13.nl/home/benjamin.html

Is Benjamin 1.1 = Pro Deo 3.1?

[Graham Banks]

Benjamin 1.1 - Improved Playing Style and Strength.

Changes:

1. Improved King Safety or said better : improved King Attack.
2. Nullmove improvement.
3. Better tuning.

http://rebel13.nl/home/benjamin.html

Is Benjamin 1.1 = Pro Deo 3.1?

Benjamin is the gambit version.

[Gabor Szots]

Could be. But it displays Pro Deo 3.1 as its name.

[Rebel]

Benjamin 1.1 - Improved Playing Style and Strength.

Changes:

1. Improved King Safety or said better : improved King Attack.
2. Nullmove improvement.
3. Better tuning.

http://rebel13.nl/home/benjamin.html

Is Benjamin 1.1 = Pro Deo 3.1?

What Graham said.

[Rebel]

Could be. But it displays Pro Deo 3.1 as its name.

Forgot to update that info string

Will change it.

But it is Benjamin 1.1

[Gabor Szots]

Could be. But it displays Pro Deo 3.1 as its name.

Forgot to update that info string

Will change it.

But it is Benjamin 1.1

Downloaded again, thanks.

[Gabor Szots]

Benjamin 1.1 - Improved Playing Style and Strength.

Changes:

1. Improved King Safety or said better : improved King Attack.
2. Nullmove improvement.
3. Better tuning.

http://rebel13.nl/home/benjamin.html

I wonder if BookOff/n still works. I have the impression that even if I issue that command under Arena as an init string, Benjamin is still using its book. I had to delete its book to avoid playing moves from it.

[Rebel]

Benjamin 1.1 - Improved Playing Style and Strength.

Changes:

1. Improved King Safety or said better : improved King Attack.
2. Nullmove improvement.
3. Better tuning.

http://rebel13.nl/home/benjamin.html

I wonder if BookOff/n still works. I have the impression that even if I issue that command under Arena as an init string, Benjamin is still using its book. I had to delete its book to avoid playing moves from it.

From the website :

1. To turn off the opening book open book.ini and set Book Depth to 1

[Gabor Szots]

From the website :

1. To turn off the opening book open book.ini and set Book Depth to 1

Thanks Ed. I missed that, obviously.