Naum 2.2

[Erik Roggenburg]

I purchased this engine.

I am running it in some 60+15 tournaments.

I really enjoyed 2.1 from a stability and strength standpoint, but I never had a chance to look closely at its games to see if I could determine a style of play.

Can anyone offer their opinions on Naum's style of play? Does it go about its business quietly, or is it more of an aggressive monster? Please feel free to include diagrams to help illustrate your points of view.

I will pay close attention to the games it plays on my PC, and I hope that Naum 2.2 shows improvement over it's predecessor - which was a darn good chess engine.

Thank you!

[Mike S.]

I don't have Naum (except 2.0), but I was surprised to find it not only among the top ranks in multi cpu rankings, but now also as the #3 in the CEGT 40/20 single list:

http://www.husvankempen.de/nunn/40_40%2 ... liste.html

(ranks 2...8 within 8 Elo points)

[Steve Maughan]

I bought Naum 2.2 recently and I would say is a great all round engine. The style is v aggressive!! From the games I have seen I would say it's one of the most aggressive engines on the market.

I've posted a game against Shredder below.

Steve

[Event "5 Minutes/Game + 1 Seconds/Move"]
[Site "Shredder v Naum"]
[Date "2007.08.28"]
[Round "27.2"]
[White "Deep Shredder 10.1 UCI"]
[Black "Naum 2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 {book 0s} c5 {book 0s} 2. Nf3 {book 0s} d6 {book 0s}
3. d4 {book 0s} cxd4 {book 0s} 4. Nxd4 {book 0s} Nf6 {book
0s} 5. Nc3 {book 0s} g6 {book 0s} 6. Be3 {book 0s} Bg7
{book 0s} 7. f3 {book 0s} O-O {book 0s} 8. Qd2 {book 0s}
Nc6 {book 0s} 9. g4 {book 0s} Be6 {book 0s} 10. O-O-O {book
0s} Nxd4 {book 0s} 11. Bxd4 {book 0s} Qa5 {book 0s} 12. a3
{book 0s} Rfc8 {book 0s} 13. h4 {book 0s} Rab8 {book 0s}
14. h5 {book 0s} b5 {book 0s} 15. hxg6 {book 0s} hxg6
{-0.60/13 17s} 16. Qg5 {book 0s} d5 {0.00/12 8s} 17. exd5
{+0.53/13 44s} b4 {+0.53/12 8s} 18. Nb1 {-0.78/13 1:42m}
Bxd5 {+2.56/10 8s} 19. Rh2 {-1.01/12 13s} Qa4 {+2.96/11 7s}
20. Rdd2 {-1.92/11 19s} bxa3 {+2.96/12 21s} 21. Nxa3
{-2.28/12 6s} Rb4 {+1.92/13 42s} 22. c4 {-0.85/12 8s} Bxf3
{+2.29/12 6s} 23. Qh4 {-0.51/12 10s} Be4 {+1.78/13 35s}
24. Rh3 {-0.65/12 5s} Rbxc4+ {+1.43/13 30s} 25. Bxc4
{-1.39/12 6s} Rxc4+ {+1.74/14 7s} 26. Bc3 {-1.14/13 5s} Rc8
{+2.12/13 4s} 27. Rdh2 {-1.25/13 25s} e5 {+2.04/15 21s}
28. g5 {-1.80/13 12s} Nh5 {+2.28/14 3s} 29. Qg4 {-1.97/13
8s} Qc6 {+2.69/13 3s} 30. Rh4 {-2.09/12 5s} Bd3 {+2.79/13
4s} 31. Nc2 {-1.75/11 2s} Qc5 {+2.92/13 3s} 32. Rd2
{-1.75/11 2s} e4 {+2.99/13 3s} 33. Bxg7 {-1.83/11 1s} Nxg7
{+2.90/14 5s} 34. Qg2 {-2.68/11 9s} Nf5 {+3.63/14 3s}
35. Rh2 {-7.70/13 29s} Nd4 {+8.33/12 3s} 36. Kb1 {-9.02/10
4s} Nf3 {+9.70/12 8s} 37. Rh1 {-10.36/11 3s} Nxd2+
{+12.04/14 2s} 38. Qxd2 {-16.19/11 1s} Bxc2+ {+14.27/14 2s}
39. Ka1 {-15.94/12 0s} Qb6 {+17.58/14 2s} 40. b3 {-15.94/12
0s} e3 {+17.99/13 2s} 41. Qd5 {-30.46/11 2s} Qb4 {+26.21/12
2s} 42. Ka2 {-37.64/13 0s} Be4 {+M7/10 0s} 43. Rc1
{-M150/10 0s} Rxc1 {+M7/3 0s} 44. Qe5 {-M4/10 0s} Rc2+
{+M4/3 0s} 45. Qb2 {-M3/11 0s} Qa5+ {+M3/3 0s} 46. Kb1
{-M2/10 0s} Rc1+ {+M2/3 0s} 47. Kxc1 {-M1/10 0s} Qe1#
{+M1/3 0s} 0-1

[George Bodkin]

Has anybody come up with any new settings for Naum 2.2.
I have try changins differens settings but only made Nam weaker.

Thanks George


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