Fixing Jester

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Fixing Jester

Postby Olivier Deville » 19 Sep 2010, 08:34

This old engine is known to have a time management bug : it often loses on time at move 40 with black pieces when 40/x time control is used.

I recently found a compile by Dann Corbit at Guenther's place and tried it. Unfortunately the bug is still there :(

Dann, Jim, or anybody else willing to spend some effort on this oldie would be welcome !

Olivier

PS : I don't know whether the source code is still available on the internet.
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Re: Fixing Jester

Postby Charles Browne » 19 Sep 2010, 09:10

Hi Olivier,

I recently saved Jester and had its link on the archive.org site handy.

This is the URL and the source code download link on the page works.


http://web.archive.org/web/200502100044 ... ester.html
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Re: Fixing Jester

Postby Olivier Deville » 19 Sep 2010, 09:54

Charles Browne wrote:Hi Olivier,

I recently saved Jester and had its link on the archive.org site handy.

This is the URL and the source code download link on the page works.


http://web.archive.org/web/200502100044 ... ester.html


Thanks Charles !

Now let's see what our master compilers can do about it :)

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Re: Fixing Jester

Postby Charles Browne » 23 Sep 2010, 10:11

Olivier Deville wrote:
Now let's see what our master compilers can do about it :)



Looks like Jim Ablett helped you out Olivier, if you get a chance tell how it does for you.


http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html



Here's an older Jester page, same version, not as stylish as the other page but has more information on it.


http://web.archive.org/web/200302040619 ... ganic.com/
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Re: Fixing Jester

Postby Olivier Deville » 23 Sep 2010, 10:43

Charles Browne wrote:
Olivier Deville wrote:
Now let's see what our master compilers can do about it :)



Looks like Jim Ablett helped you out Olivier, if you get a chance tell how it does for you.


http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html



Here's an older Jester page, same version, not as stylish as the other page but has more information on it.


http://web.archive.org/web/200302040619 ... ganic.com/


Yeah, I have tested Jim's bugfixed Jester, and losses on time seem to be gone :D Master Jim did it again 8-)

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