Interesting new Winboard engine: Andrei Fortuna 's Freyr

[Dann Corbit]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Dann Corbit at 23 February 2000 06:01:41:
Poke around and you will find it.



My FTP site

[Dann Corbit]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Dann Corbit at 23 February 2000 10:04:06:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Interesting new Winboard engine: Andrei Fortuna 's Freyr geschrieben von:/posted by: Dann Corbit at 23 February 2000 06:01:41:

Poke around and you will find it.

For those who must be told:
ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/FREYR.ZIP
Got 229/230 on WAC at 5 sec/move, just like ColChess.


My FTP site

[Dann Corbit]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Dann Corbit at 23 February 2000 10:27:07:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Interesting new Winboard engine: Andrei Fortuna 's Freyr geschrieben von:/posted by: Dann Corbit at 23 February 2000 06:01:41:
Here is the "Official" Freyr page:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/3716/


My FTP site

[Colin Frayn]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Colin Frayn at 23 February 2000 17:32:30:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Re: Interesting new Winboard engine: Andrei Fortuna 's Freyr geschrieben von:/posted by: Dann Corbit at 23 February 2000 10:04:06:

Poke around and you will find it.

Got 229/300 on WAC at 5 sec/move, just like ColChess.

Not any more. Latest development version of ColChess is up by another +5 on WAC, which makes it 226/300 on my machine, and probably 235-6/300 on yours.
As promised I won't release a new version until I've tweaked the engine a little and improved the endgame play a lot. Oh, and there are a few bits of the new EPD analysis code that I want to fiddle with before I let other people see them
I'm looking towards a 4th March release date for v6.0, but no guarantees. I really want the endgame play sorted first. I'm fed up watching ColChess lose a 2 or 3 pawn advantage over Crafty and then get trashed just because it can't hang on to its own passed pawns, and it can't seem to capture its opponent's either.
Cheers,
Colin

ColChess Homepage

[Mogens Larsen]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Mogens Larsen at 24 February 2000 17:22:36:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: We have a competition on our hands geschrieben von:/posted by: Colin Frayn at 23 February 2000 17:32:30:

Not any more. Latest development version of ColChess is up by another +5 on WAC, which makes it 226/300 on my machine, and probably 235-6/300 on yours.
As promised I won't release a new version until I've tweaked the engine a little and improved the endgame play a lot. Oh, and there are a few bits of the new EPD analysis code that I want to fiddle with before I let other people see them
I'm looking towards a 4th March release date for v6.0, but no guarantees. I really want the endgame play sorted first. I'm fed up watching ColChess lose a 2 or 3 pawn advantage over Crafty and then get trashed just because it can't hang on to its own passed pawns, and it can't seem to capture its opponent's either.
Cheers,
Colin

If I were to suggest an improvement to ColChess I would go for king safety. In quite a few of the games I've played, the king is stranded in the middle while Colchess tries to launch an attack. Often it fails to castle before it's too late. It might be a little complicated as it's a combination of the need for development and the ability to identify threats. Hope it helps.
Best wishes...
Mogens