New RomiChess released (WBEC site)

[Michael Sherwin]

The zip has a 32 bit version and a 64 bit version as well as the source code. Learning and/or the use of it are able to be disabled. See the readme. If someone would do a PGO compile and make it available it would be appreciated!

I am still 'torn' about the open source question, however since, RomiChess is not a top engine and there is a lot of strange ideas in it, I decided to include the source.

[Tony Thomas]

Mike you should make the wael deeb learn file available for public as well. I am not sure if you have broken something, after few games Romi is doing horrible against Nano. I hope that the last minute changes that you made after NG9 were productive.

[Michael Sherwin]

Mike you should make the wael deeb learn file available for public as well. I am not sure if you have broken something, after few games Romi is doing horrible against Nano. I hope that the last minute changes that you made after NG9 were productive.

It seems that I always shoot myself (or rather Romi) in the foot just before a big event. If Version P3k is worse, then I suppose that P3l will follow shortly.

I will send the DWD learn.dat file to Leo!

Just how badly is the new Romi doing? My test were very positive!

[Tony Thomas]

Mike you should make the wael deeb learn file available for public as well. I am not sure if you have broken something, after few games Romi is doing horrible against Nano. I hope that the last minute changes that you made after NG9 were productive.

It seems that I always shoot myself (or rather Romi) in the foot just before a big event. If Version P3k is worse, then I suppose that P3l will follow shortly.

I will send the DWD learn.dat file to Leo!

Just how badly is the new Romi doing? My test were very positive!

I dont have enough games to draw any conclusions, but Romi detects cerain attacks very late and lost early in few games against Nano. If you shoot romi, its completely your fault, you are the one who released a completely untested version. We will be able to figure out just how bad the damage is in about a week, when I finish testing this version. Here is a sample game. As you can see I dont have the arena output turned off, and Guenther no longer seems to be around.

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[Event "Romi's sparring partners"]
[Site "YOUR-E358B65523"]
[Date "2008.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "NanoSzachy 2.7"]
[Black "RomiChessP3k"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Time "13:27:31"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra, Andreaschek Gambit"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e5 {(e7e5 c2c3 g8f6 f3e5 b8c6 c1f4 f6e4 b1d2 e4d2 d1d2
c6e5 ) -0.27/11 4} 4.c3 {(<7/25 36/36> c2c3 d8a5 f1d3 g8f6 e1g1 d7d5 e4d5) +0.14/7
4} Nf6 {(g8f6 f3e5 b8c6 c1f4 f6e4 b1d2 e4d2 d1d2 c6e5 f4e5 d4c3 d2c3 h8g8 )
-0.20/11 3} 5.Nxe5 {(<8/24 22/38> f3e5 b8c6 e5c6 d7c6 e4e5 f6e4 d1d4 d8d4 c3d4) +0.51/8
4} Nc6 {(b8c6c3d4 c6e5 d4e5 f6e4 d1d4 e4c5 b1c3 f8e7 c3d5 e8g8 ) -0.23/11 3}
6.Nxc6 {(<8/23 40/45> e5c6 d7c6 e4e5 f6e4 d1d3 d8d5 f2f3) +0.23/8 4} dxc6 {(d7c6 c1g5
f8e7 e4e5 d4c3 b1c3 d8d1 a1d1 f6g4 g5f4 c8e6 f1e2 e7b4 ) +0.24/11 3} 7.e5 {(<7/18
38/38> e4e5 f6g4 d1d4 d8d4 c3d4 f8b4 c1d2 a7a5) +0.57/7 1} Ne4 {(f6e4 d1d4 d8d4 c3d4
f8b4 b1d2 e8g8 f2f3 e4d2 c1d2 b4d2 e1d2 c8e6 f1e2 a8d8 d2c3 ) +0.25/11 4} 8.Bc4
{(<7/21 37/37> f1c4 c8e6 c4e6 f7e6 d1d4 d8d4 c3d4) +0.67/7 3} Be7 {(f8e7 b1d2 e4c5 d2b3
c5b3 d1b3 h8f8 c3d4 d8d4 f2f4 d4e4 e1f2 ) +0.21/10 2} 9.O-O {(<6/20 43/43> e1g1 e8g8
f1e1 e4c5 d1d4 c8e6) +1.17/6 2} dxc3 {(d4c3d1f3 f7f5 b1c3 e4d2 c1d2 d8d2 f3h5 g7g6
h5e2 d2e2 ) -0.51/10 4} 10.Qf3 {(<6/17 45/45> d1f3 f7f5 e5f6 e4f6 f1d1 e7d6 b1c3)
+2.04/6 1} f5 {(f7f5e5f6 e4f6 f1d1 d8b6 ) -1.01/11 3} 11.exf6 {(<6/16 43/43> e5f6 e4f6
f1d1 d8b6 b1c3 c8g4) +1.76/6 1} Nxf6 {(e4f6b1c3 c8g4 f3f4 h8f8 f1e1 g4h5 c1e3 f6g4
f4g3 g4e3 f2e3 h5g6 a1c1 ) -1.01/11 3} 12.Nxc3 {(<7/18 44/44> b1c3 c8g4 f3e3 b7b5
c4e6) +1.96/7 2} Qa5 {(d8a5c1f4 c8f5 a1e1 ) -0.94/11 3} 13.Re1 {(<7/18 06/47> f1e1
c8g4 f3g3 a5b4) +2.20/7 3} Bg4 {(c8g4 ) -1.51/9 2} 14.Qf4 {(<6/20 53/53> f3f4 e8f8
c1d2 a5c5 e1e5 c5b6) +2.23/6 1} Rf8 {(h8f8 c1e3 g4f5 a1c1 f5g6 f4d4 g6f5 e1d1 a5b4
b2b3 a8d8 ) -1.15/9 3} 15.h3 {(<6/21 53/53> h2h3 g4d7 f4d6 a5d8 c1f4 a7a5) +2.87/6
1} Bh5 {(g4h5 f4d6 a5d8 c1f4 d8d7 d6c5 e8d8 c5a5 b7b6 a5e5 e7c5 a1c1 ) -1.42/10 2}
16.Qd6 {(<6/18 09/56> f4d6 a5d8 c1f4 d8d7 a1c1) +3.04/6} Qd8 {(a5d8 c1f4 d8d7 d6d7
e8d7 g2g4 h5f7 a1d1 d7e8 f4d6 f7c4 ) -1.52/10 1} 17.Bf4 {(<6/18 20/63> c1f4 h5f7
c4d3 h7h6 d3f5) +2.81/6} Rc8 {(a8c8 d6e5 h5f7 a1d1 f6d7 c4f7 f8f7 e5d6 d7b6 )
-1.61/9 2} 18.Qc5 {(<5/22 66/66> d6c5 b7b6 c5g5) +3.69/5 1} Bf7 {(h5f7 ) -2.62/9 2}
19.Bd6 {(<6/20 01/67> f4d6 f6g8 a1d1 f7d5 c3d5 c6d5 c5d5) +4.59/6} Rc7 {(c8c7 a1d1
c7d7 d6e7 d7d1 c3d1 d8d2 c4f7 e8f7 c5c3 d2c3 ) -4.32/10 1} 20.Rad1 {(<7/21 22/61>
a1d1 c7d7 d6e7 d7d1 c3d1 d8d2 c5b4) +6.19/7 2} Bxc4 {(f7c4 d6e7 d8e7 e1e7 c7e7 c5c4
a7a6 c4d3 e8f7 d3c4 f7g6 b2b4 e7e5 c4f4 ) -5.38/10 1} 21.Bxe7 {(<6/16 44/52> d6e7
d8e7 c5c4 c7d7 e1e7) +7.42/6} Qxe7 {(d8e7c5c4 c7d7 e1e7 d7e7 a2a4 a7a6 b2b4 e7e5
c4d3 e5e7 d3d6 e8f7 ) -5.42/12 2} 22.Qxc4 {(<7/21 51/51> c5c4 f8f7 c3b5) +6.50/7 2}
Rd7 {(c7d7 e1e7 d7e7 a2a4 a7a6 b2b4 e7e5 c4d3 e5e7 d3d6 e8f7 ) -5.50/11 2} 23.Rxe7+
{(<6/21 20/53> e1e7 d7e7 c4c5 e8f7 c5a7) +6.83/6} Rxe7 {(d7e7 a2a4 a7a6 b2b4 e7e5 c4d4
e5e7 h3h4 e8f7 d4c4 f7e8 c4c5 ) -5.77/11 2} 24.b3 {(<7/21 49/49> b2b3 a7a6) +6.01/7
3} a6 {(a7a6b3b4 f8f7 c4f4 f7f8 f4d4 e7d7 d4e3 d7e7 e3d3 ) -5.55/10 2} 25.Rd6
{(<6/19 47/47> d1d6 a6a5 c4c5 a5a4) +5.72/6 1} Re1+ {(e7e1g1h2 f8f7 d6e6 e1e6 c4e6 f7e7
e6f5 e8f7 h2g3 e7e1 f5d3 f7g8 d3d2 e1e6 ) -5.04/11 3} 26.Kh2 {(<6/15 02/02> g1h2
e8e7 c4b4 a6a5 d6e6 e7e6) +5.59/6} Rf7 {(f8f7 d6e6 e1e6 c4e6 f7e7 e6f5 e8f7 h2g3
e7e1 f5d3 f7g8 d3d2 e1e6 ) -5.06/11 1} 27.Rd8+ {(<8/21 09/43> d6d8 e8d8 c4f7 e1e7
f7f8 f6e8 h2g3 h7h5 h3h4 e7e5) +5.38/8 2} Kxd8 {(e8d8c4f7 e1e7 f7c4 e7e1 h2g3 f6h5
g3f3 h5f6 c4f4 d8c8 f4d6 e1e8 b3b4 ) -4.91/13 2} 28.Qxf7 {(<8/17 08/33> c4f7 e1e7
f7f8 d8d7 c3a4 f6d5 f8b8 d7e6 b8g8 e6f5) +5.53/8} Re7 {(e1e7f7f8 ) -5.41/11 1}
29.Qf8+ {(<7/18 29/29> f7f8 f6e8 f8f4 e7d7 f4b8 d8e7 b8c8 e8f6) +5.47/7} Ne8 {(f6e8
f8f4 e8c7 c3e4 g7g6 h2g3 e7e6 f4g5 e6e7 g3f4 ) -6.05/10 1} 30.Qf4 {(<8/20 28/28>
f8f4 e8c7) +5.46/8 3} Nc7 {(e8c7 c3e4 ) -5.91/10 1} 31.Ne4 {(<7/19 38/38> c3e4 g7g6
h2g3 a6a5 e4c5 d8c8 f4d6) +5.88/7 1} g6 {(g7g6 e4c5 d8c8 f4f8 e7e8 f8g7 c8b8 g7h7
e8e2 h7d7 e2c2 d7d8 b8a7 ) -6.54/10 1} 32.Nc5 {(<8/22 33/33> e4c5 d8c8 f4g4 c8b8
c5b7 h7h5) +6.25/8 3} Kc8 {(d8c8f4f8 ) -7.19/11 1} 33.Qg4+ {(<7/19 11/38> f4g4 c8b8
c5d7 b8a8 d7b6 a8b8 g4c8 b8a7 b6d7 e7d7 c8d7) +7.09/7} Kb8 {(c8b8c5b7 c7b5 b7c5 )
-7.44/11 1} 34.Nd7+ {(<7/18 35/35> c5d7 b8a8 d7b6 a8b8 g4c8 b8a7 b6d7 e7d7 c8d7)
+8.04/7}  {1-0 Arena Adjudication} 1-0

[Jim Ablett]

Hi Michael,

If someone would do a PGO compile and make it available it would be appreciated!

RomiChess P3k JA Intel Compiler 10 p.g.o
32bit + 64bit + auto-paralellized 2-thread versions.

http://www.zshare.net/download/706007859121fd/

regards,
Jim.

[ozziejoe]

thanks michael!

[ozziejoe]

is the autoparalized two thread version suppose to make use of both processors?

best
J

[Denis P. Mendoza]

Hi Michael,

If someone would do a PGO compile and make it available it would be appreciated!

RomiChess P3k JA Intel Compiler 10 p.g.o
32bit + 64bit + auto-paralellized 2-thread versions.

http://www.zshare.net/download/706007859121fd/

regards,
Jim.

Hi Michael,

I just read the readme.txt. As a follower of Romichess, it will be sad to hear a last version. Just to show my appreciation, I also did my own comple as the released were quite slow. I didn't know Master Jim already did it as well. I've included builds to run up to Pentium1 to suite majority of users. Many people still love Romichess Mike.

I hope other learning files like from Marc Lacrosse' works in this version. Anyway, have fun with my compile too.

http://www.zshare.net/download/70626734443094/

[Michael Sherwin]

Hi Michael,

If someone would do a PGO compile and make it available it would be appreciated!

RomiChess P3k JA Intel Compiler 10 p.g.o
32bit + 64bit + auto-paralellized 2-thread versions.

http://www.zshare.net/download/706007859121fd/

regards,
Jim.

Thanks Jim, I can't wait to test them!

[Michael Sherwin]

Hi Michael,

If someone would do a PGO compile and make it available it would be appreciated!

RomiChess P3k JA Intel Compiler 10 p.g.o
32bit + 64bit + auto-paralellized 2-thread versions.

http://www.zshare.net/download/706007859121fd/

regards,
Jim.

Hi Michael,

I just read the readme.txt. As a follower of Romichess, it will be sad to hear a last version. Just to show my appreciation, I also did my own comple as the released were quite slow. I didn't know Master Jim already did it as well. I've included builds to run up to Pentium1 to suite majority of users. Many people still love Romichess Mike.

I hope other learning files like from Marc Lacrosse' works in this version. Anyway, have fun with my compile too.

http://www.zshare.net/download/70626734443094/

Hi Denis,

I also can't wait to test your builds as well. And thanks for the kind words about RomiChess.

Before RomiChess (and the code samples leading up to RomiChess) I only knew a little basic. I taught myself programming and chess programming at the same time by writing RomiChess. If I can ever 'put down' this Romi, I could be a lot more dangerous on my next one!