New UCI engine : Vajolet

[Olivier Deville]

Found by Michael Diosi (again !)

http://code.google.com/p/vajolet/source ... t/release/

Marco Belli is the author

Not sure if it works properly yet.

Olivier

[Dann Corbit]

To get it to compile you will need to add a file called stat.cs that contains the following:

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namespace chesslib
{

    public class stat
    {
        public static ulong mosse;
    }
}


[Ron Murawski]

To get it to compile you will need to add a file called stat.cs that contains the following:

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namespace chesslib
{

    public class stat
    {
        public static ulong mosse;
    }
}


There's no need to compile it. Just download the exe and the accompanying chesslib.dll.

http://vajolet.googlecode.com/svn/trunk ... .31.13.exe (exe direct link)
http://vajolet.googlecode.com/svn/trunk ... esslib.dll (chesslib.dll)

Ron

[Olivier Deville]

To get it to compile you will need to add a file called stat.cs that contains the following:

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namespace chesslib
{

    public class stat
    {
        public static ulong mosse;
    }
}


There's no need to compile it. Just download the exe and the accompanying chesslib.dll.

http://vajolet.googlecode.com/svn/trunk ... .31.13.exe (exe direct link)
http://vajolet.googlecode.com/svn/trunk ... esslib.dll (chesslib.dll)

Ron

Sure, I have got the exe and the dll.

I tried the engine yesterday and it does not seem to work (yet).

Olivier

[Pablo]

Neither work here. Do not make moves at Winboard.
Pablo Urzua

PS: Maybe somebody know the email adress of the author Marco Belli.

[Dann Corbit]

Neither work here. Do not make moves at Winboard.
Pablo Urzua

PS: Maybe somebody know the email adress of the author Marco Belli.

I think we need to let this one sit for a while. It's not ready for prime time yet.

[Jaap Weidemann]

Neither work here. Do not make moves at Winboard.
Pablo Urzua

PS: Maybe somebody know the email adress of the author Marco Belli.

I think we need to let this one sit for a while. It's not ready for prime time yet.

Notified Marco about this thread. Perhaps he made some progress in the last week.

Jaap
http://www.weidchess.com/

[Jaap Weidemann]

Marco asked me to relay that he'll upload a working UCI version of Vajolet soon.

Jaap
http://www.weidchess.com/

[elcabesa]

hi, I'm Marco, developer of Vajolet!
in the svn you should now find a new executable (0.33), you need both executable and dll file.

All the released exe should work with ARENA, but I suggest you only to try 0.33 release. please report me if the engine has a problem running in your environment.

Vajolet it's still a very basic engine, it's a c# 3.5 language, so you need the right framework installed into yuor PC.
it's strenght is somewhere between BREMBOCE 0.6.2_ja and FRANK 0.58.

[elcabesa]

any news? is my program working in your envirnment?

[Olivier Deville]

any news? is my program working in your envirnment?

Hi Marco

Sorry, I forgot to report the error ! The new version (0.33) crashes as soon as I try to launch the engine.

System : Windows XP Pro x32, latest .net frameworks installed

Olivier

[Tony Mokonen]

Hmm, I haven't had any problems with any version of this engine. I have the .NET Framework, version 4, under Windows 7 Home Premium, x64 version. On my other machine, I have XP Home 32 bit, with the 3.5 SP1 .NET framework, and it works fine there too. I am using Arena as my GUI.

I do have Visual Basic Express 2008 installed on both machines, so maybe that makes a difference...?

[Dann Corbit]

Hmm, I haven't had any problems with any version of this engine. I have the .NET Framework, version 4, under Windows 7 Home Premium, x64 version. On my other machine, I have XP Home 32 bit, with the 3.5 SP1 .NET framework, and it works fine there too. I am using Arena as my GUI.

I do have Visual Basic Express 2008 installed on both machines, so maybe that makes a difference...?

It seems to work fine for me:

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[Event "Vaj"]
[Site "DCORBIT2008"]
[Date "2010.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vajolet 0.33"]
[Black "Vajolet 0.33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Neo-Queen's Indian"]
[Time "11:52:50"]
[Variation "2..b6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1. Nc3 {(Nb1c3 Nb8c6 Ng1f3 Ng8f6 d2d4) +0.46/5 1} Nf6 {(Ng8f6 e2e4 d7d5
e4xd5 Nf6xd5) +0.02/5 1} 2. d4 {(d2d4 d7d5 e2e3 Nb8d7 Ng1e2) +0.26/5 1} d5
{(d7d5 Ng1f3 Nb8c6 Bc1e3 e7e6) +0.03/5 1} 3. Nf3 {(Ng1f3 Nb8c6 Bc1e3 Bc8g4)
-0.02/4 1} Nc6 {(Nb8c6 Bc1f4 Nf6e4 e2e3) -0.17/4 1} 4. Ne5 {(Nf3e5 Bc8f5
Ne5xc6 b7xc6) +0.05/4 1} Bd7 {(Bc8d7 e2e3 e7e6 Bf1b5 Bf8b4) +0.02/5 1} 5.
Nxd7 {(Bc1g5 Nc6xe5 d4xe5 Nf6e4) 0.00/4 1} Qxd7 {(Qd8xd7 Bc1f4 e7e6 e2e3
Bf8d6) +0.17/5 1} 6. Bf4 {(Bc1f4 e7e6 e2e3 Bf8d6) -0.13/4 1} e6 {(e7e6 e2e3
Bf8d6 Bf1b5) +0.01/4 1} 7. e3 {(e2e3 Bf8d6 Bf1b5 OO) -0.23/4 1} Bb4 {(Bf8b4
Bf1d3 Nf6e4 Bd3xe4) +0.10/4 1} 8. Qd3 {(Qd1d3 Bb4xc3+ Qd3xc3 OO) -0.30/4 1}
O-O {(OO Bf1e2 Rf8b8) +0.27/3 1} 9. O-O-O {(OOO Nf6g4 Bf4g3) -0.08/3 1}
Bxc3 {(Bb4xc3 Qd3xc3) +0.18/2 1} 10. Qxc3 {(Qd3xc3 Nf6e4 Qc3e1 Ra8d8)
-0.39/4 1} Ne4 {(Nf6e4 Qc3e1 g7g5 Bf4g3) +0.23/4 1} 11. Qe1 {(Qc3e1 g7g5
f2f3 g5xf4) -0.30/4 1} g5 {(g7g5 Bf4e5 Nc6xe5 d4xe5) +0.26/4 1} 12. Be5
{(Bf4e5 f7f6 Be5g3 e6e5 Bf1d3) -0.12/5 1} f6 {(Nc6xe5 d4xe5 Rf8d8 Bf1d3)
+0.16/4 1} 13. Bg3 {(Be5g3 Ne4xg3 h2xg3 f6f5) -0.23/4 1} e5 {(Ne4xg3 f2xg3
e6e5 Kc1b1) +0.07/4 1} 14. Bd3 {(Bf1d3 Ne4xg3 h2xg3 f6f5) -0.13/4 1} Nxg3
{(Ne4xg3 h2xg3 e5e4 Bd3b5 Qd7e6) +0.32/5 1} 15. hxg3 {(h2xg3 e5e4 Bd3e2
Ra8d8 Kc1b1) -0.15/5 1} e4 {(e5e4 Bd3b5 a7a6 Bb5xc6 Qd7xc6) +0.27/5 1} 16.
Bb5 {(Bd3b5 Ra8d8 Kc1b1 a7a6 Bb5xc6) -0.11/5 1} a6 {(a7a6 Bb5xc6 Qd7xc6
Kc1b1) +0.12/4 1} 17. Bxc6 {(Bb5xc6 Qd7xc6 Kc1b1 f6f5 Qe1d2) -0.08/5 1}
Qxc6 {(Qd7xc6 Qe1c3 Qc6xc3 b2xc3 Ra8e8 Kc1d2) +0.03/6 1} 18. Qc3 {(Qe1c3
Qc6b6 Qc3b3 Qb6xb3 a2xb3) -0.03/5 1} Qxc3 {(Qc6xc3 b2xc3 Kg8g7 Kc1d2 Kg7g6)
+0.15/5 1} 19. bxc3 {(b2xc3 g5g4 Kc1d2 f6f5 Rd1e1 Ra8c8) -0.13/6 1} Kg7
{(Kg8g7 Kc1d2 Kg7g6 Rd1b1 Rf8b8 Rh1e1) +0.04/6 1} 20. Kd2 {(Kc1d2 f6f5
Rd1b1 Ra8b8 Rb1a1 Kg7g6) -0.17/6 1} Kg6 {(Kg7g6 g3g4 f6f5 g4xf5+ Rf8xf5
Rh1f1) +0.10/6 1} 21. Rb1 {(Rd1b1 Ra8b8 Rb1b4 g5g4 c3c4 a6a5) -0.10/6 1} b5
{(b7b5 Rb1b4 f6f5 Rb4b3 Rf8e8 Rh1c1) +0.13/6 1} 22. Rh2 {(Rh1h2 Rf8f7 Rb1h1
Ra8h8 g3g4 f6f5) -0.16/6 1} Rf7 {(Rf8f7 Rb1h1 Ra8h8 g3g4 f6f5) +0.22/5 1}
23. Rbh1 {(Rb1h1 Ra8h8 g3g4 Rf7g7 Rh1e1 Rh8a8) -0.08/6 1} Rh8 {(Ra8h8 g3g4
h7h6 a2a3 f6f5 g4xf5+) +0.09/6 1} 24. g4 {(g3g4 Rf7g7 f2f3 e4xf3 Rh2h6+
Kg6f7) -0.17/6 1} h6 {(h7h6 f2f3 Rf7e7 Rh2h3 Re7f7 f3xe4) +0.03/6 1} 25. f3
{(f2f3 Rf7f8 f3xe4 d5xe4 Rh1f1 f6f5 g4xf5+) +0.03/7 1} f5 {(f6f5 g4xf5+
Rf7xf5 f3xe4 d5xe4 a2a3 Rf5f8) +0.12/7 1} 26. gxf5+ {(g4xf5+ Rf7xf5 f3xe4
d5xe4 Kd2e2 g5g4 Rh1d1) +0.02/7 1} Rxf5 {(Rf7xf5 f3xe4 d5xe4 g2g4 Rf5f8
d4d5 Rf8e8) +0.18/7 1} 27. fxe4 {(f3xe4 d5xe4 g2g4 Rf5d5 Kd2e2 Rd5d8)
-0.19/6 1} dxe4 {(d5xe4 Kd2e2 Rf5f6 g2g4 Rf6c6 Ke2d2) +0.15/6 1} 28. g4
{(g2g4 Rf5f6 Rh1e1 Kg6f7 d4d5 Rh8d8) -0.24/6 1} Rf3 {(Rf5f3 Rh2g2 Kg6g7
a2a3 Kg7f6 Rh1e1) +0.27/6 1} 29. Rg2 {(Rh2g2 Rh8h7 Rh1e1 Kg6f6 Rg2e2)
-0.22/5 1} Kf7 {(Kg6f7 Rh1h5 Kf7g6 Kd2e2 Kg6f6 Rh5h1) +0.32/6 1} 30. d5
{(Rh1h5 Kf7g6 Rh5h1 Kg6f6 d4d5) -0.28/5 1} Ke7 {(Kf7e7 Rg2h2 Rh8d8 Rh2xh6
Rd8xd5+ Kd2e2) +0.46/6 1} 31. Rgh2 {(Rg2h2 Rf3f6 c3c4 Ke7d6 Kd2c3 Kd6e5)
-0.36/6 1} Rf6 {(Rf3f6 c3c4 Ke7d6 Kd2c3 Kd6c5 c4xb5) +0.42/6 1} 32. c4
{(c3c4 Ke7d6 Kd2c3 Kd6c5 c4xb5 Kc5xd5) -0.46/6 1} Kd6 {(Ke7d6 Kd2c3 Kd6c5
c4xb5 Kc5xd5 b5xa6) +0.42/6 1} 33. Kc3 {(Kd2c3 Kd6c5 c4xb5 Kc5xd5 Rh1d1+
Kd5e5) -0.35/6 1} Kc5 {(Kd6c5 c4xb5 a6xb5 Rh1d1 Rh8a8 Kc3b3 Ra8e8) +0.52/7
1} 34. cxb5 {(c4xb5 a6xb5 Rh2h5 b5b4+ Kc3b3 Kc5xd5 Kb3xb4) -0.77/7 1} axb5
{(a6xb5 Rh2h5 b5b4+ Kc3b3 Kc5xd5 Rh5xg5+ h6xg5) +0.74/7 1} 35. Rh5 {(Rh2h5
b5b4+ Kc3b2 Kc5xd5 Kb2b3 Rf6f2 Rh5xg5+) -0.93/7 1} b4+ {(b5b4+ Kc3b2 Rf6f3
Rh5xh6 Rh8xh6 Rh1xh6) +1.01/6 1} 36. Kb2 {(Kc3b2 Rh8d8 Rh5xh6 Rf6xh6 Rh1xh6
Kc5xd5 Kb2b3) -0.84/7 1} Kxd5 {(Rf6f2 Rh5xh6 Rh8xh6 Rh1xh6 Kc5xd5 Kb2b3)
+0.87/6 1} 37. Rxg5+ {(Rh5xg5+ h6xg5 Rh1xh8 Rf6f3 Kb2b3 Rf3f2) -0.86/6 1}
hxg5 {(h6xg5 Rh1xh8 Rf6f3 Rh8h7 c7c5 Rh7d7+) +0.79/6 1} 38. Rxh8 {(Rh1xh8
Rf6f3 Rh8d8+ Kd5c5 Rd8d7 Kc5c6 Rd7d4) -0.74/7 1} Rf3 {(Rf6f3 Rh8d8+ Kd5e5
Kb2b3 Rf3xe3+ Kb3xb4 Re3e2) +0.80/7 1} 39. Rd8+ {(Rh8d8+ Kd5c6 Rd8g8 Rf3xe3
Rg8xg5 Kc6d6 Rg5g7) -0.73/7 1} Kc5 {(Kd5c5 Rd8c8 Kc5c6 Rc8b8 Rf3xe3 Rb8xb4
Kc6d5 Rb4b7) +0.77/8 1} 40. Rd7 {(Rd8c8 c7c6 Rc8g8 Rf3xe3 Rg8xg5+ Kc5d4
Rg5g8) -0.68/7 1} c6 {(c7c6 Rd7g7 Rf3xe3 Rg7xg5+ Kc5d4 Rg5g7 Re3e2) +0.80/7
1} 41. Rg7 {(Rd7g7 Rf3xe3 Rg7xg5+ Kc5c4 Rg5g7 Re3e2 Rg7f7 Kc4d4) -0.76/8 1}
Rxe3 {(Rf3xe3 Rg7xg5+ Kc5d4 Rg5g7 c6c5 Rg7d7+ Kd4e5 Rd7e7+) +0.69/8 1} 42.
Rxg5+ {(Rg7xg5+ Kc5d4 Rg5g7 c6c5 Rg7d7+ Kd4e5 g4g5) -0.66/7 1} Kd4 {(Kc5c4
Rg5g7 c6c5 g4g5 Re3e2 g5g6 e4e3) +0.78/7 1} 43. Rg7 {(Rg5g7 c6c5 Rg7d7+
Kd4e5 Rd7e7+ Ke5d4 Re7d7+) -0.67/7 1} c5 {(c6c5 Rg7d7+ Kd4e5 Rd7b7 Re3e2
Kb2b3 e4e3) +0.77/7 1} 44. g5 {(g4g5 c5c4 Rg7d7+ Kd4e5 g5g6 c4c3+ Kb2b3)
-0.61/7 1} Ke5 {(Kd4e5 g5g6 Ke5f6 Rg7c7 Kf6xg6 Rc7xc5 Kg6f6) +0.65/7 1} 45.
g6 {(g5g6 Ke5f6 Rg7c7 Kf6xg6 Rc7xc5 Kg6f6) -0.60/6 1} Re2 {(Ke5f6 Rg7c7
Kf6xg6 Rc7xc5 Kg6f6 Rc5c7) +0.54/6 1} 46. Rc7 {(Rg7c7 Ke5d5 g6g7 Re2g2
Kb2b3 Rg2g3+ Kb3b2) -0.20/7 1} Kd6 {(Ke5d6 g6g7 Re2g2 Rc7b7 Kd6c6 Rb7f7
Kc6d5) +0.39/7 1} 47. g7 {(g6g7 Re2g2 Rc7b7 Kd6e5 Rb7c7 Ke5f6 Rc7c6+)
-0.32/7 1} Rg2 {(Re2g2 Rc7f7 e4e3 Kb2c1 c5c4 Rf7b7 Kd6d5) +0.48/7 1} 48.
Rb7 {(Rc7b7 e4e3 Kb2c1 Kd6e5 Rb7e7+ Ke5d5 Re7d7+) -0.35/7 1} e3 {(e4e3
Kb2c1 Rg2g1+ Kc1b2 e3e2 Rb7b6+ Kd6e5) +0.64/7 1} 49. Kc1 {(Kb2c1 Rg2g1+
Kc1b2 e3e2 Rb7b6+ Kd6e5 Rb6b7) -0.52/7 1} Rg1+ {(Rg2g1+ Kc1b2 e3e2 g7g8Q
Rg1xg8 Rb7b6+ Kd6e5) +2.09/7 1} 50. Kb2 {(Kc1b2 e3e2 Rb7b6+ Kd6e5 Rb6b8
e2e1Q g7g8Q Rg1xg8) -3.26/8 1} e2 {(e3e2 Rb7b6+ Kd6e5 Rb6b8 e2e1Q g7g8Q
Rg1xg8) +3.24/7 1} 51. Rb6+ {(Rb7b6+ Kd6d5 Rb6b8 e2e1Q g7g8Q+ Rg1xg8 Rb8xg8
Kd5e6) -3.45/8 1} Kd5 {(Kd6d5 Rb6b8 e2e1Q g7g8Q+ Rg1xg8 Rb8xg8 Kd5c6)
+3.47/7 1} 52. Rb8 {(Rb6b8 Rg1b1+ Kb2xb1 e2e1Q+ Kb1b2 Kb2b1) -6.58/7 1}
Rb1+ {(Rg1b1+ Kb2xb1 e2e1Q+ Kb1b2 Kb2b1) +6.60/7 1} 53. Kxb1 {(Kb2xb1
e2e1Q+ Kb1b2 c2c3 c3xb4 Rb8e5+ Kb2b1+) -7.23/9 1} e1=Q+ {(e2e1Q+ Kb1b2 c2c3
c3xb4 Rb8e5+ Kb2b1+) +7.31/8 1} 54. Kb2 {(Kb1b2 Qe1e5+ c2c3 Qe5xb8 c3xb4
Qb8e5+ Kb2b1) -7.25/7 1} Qe5+ {(Qe1e5+ c2c3 b4xc3+ Kb2c2 Qe5xb8 Kc2xc3
Kd5e6) +7.43/7 1} 55. Kb1 {(Kb2b1 Qe5xb8 g7g8Q+ Qb8xg8 Kb1c1 Kd5c6 Kc1b1)
-8.29/7 1} Qxb8 {(Qe5xb8 Kb1c1 Kd5e6 c2c3 b4xc3 a2a3 Ke6f7) +8.50/7 1} 56.
Kb2 {(Kb1b2 Qb8e5+ Kb2c1 Qe5xg7 Kc1b1 Kd5d6 Kb1c1) -8.67/7 1} Qe5+ {(Qb8e5+
Kb2c1 Qe5xg7 Kc1b1 Kd5c6 Kb1c1 Kc6b7) +8.93/7 1} 57. Kc1 {(Kb2c1 Qe5xg7
Kc1b1 Kd5d6 a2a4 b4xa3/ep c2c4) -9.55/7 1} Qxg7 {(Qe5xg7 Kc1b1 Kd5c6 a2a4
b4xa3/ep Kb1a2 Qg7g2) +9.67/7 1} 58. Kb1 {(Kc1b1 Kd5c6 Kb1c1 Qg7a1+ Kc1d2
Kc6b7 Kd2e2) -9.97/7 1} Kc6 {(Kd5c6 c2c4 b4xc3/ep a2a3 Kc6b7 Kb1a1)
+10.07/6 1} 59. Kc1 {(Kb1c1 Qg7a1+ Kc1d2 Kc6b7 Kd2e2 c5c4 a2a4) -10.13/7 1}
Qa1+ {(Qg7a1+ Kc1d2 Kc6b7 Kd2e2 Kb7b8 Ke2f2) +10.12/6 1} 60. ... {0-1 Arena
Adjudication} 0-1


[Olivier Deville]

Hmm, I haven't had any problems with any version of this engine. I have the .NET Framework, version 4, under Windows 7 Home Premium, x64 version. On my other machine, I have XP Home 32 bit, with the 3.5 SP1 .NET framework, and it works fine there too. I am using Arena as my GUI.

I do have Visual Basic Express 2008 installed on both machines, so maybe that makes a difference...?

Thanks Tony... I have just installed the whole mess, and it still doesn't run

Olivier

[Dann Corbit]

Hmm, I haven't had any problems with any version of this engine. I have the .NET Framework, version 4, under Windows 7 Home Premium, x64 version. On my other machine, I have XP Home 32 bit, with the 3.5 SP1 .NET framework, and it works fine there too. I am using Arena as my GUI.

I do have Visual Basic Express 2008 installed on both machines, so maybe that makes a difference...?

Thanks Tony... I have just installed the whole mess, and it still doesn't run

Olivier

What is your operating system?
You can run the program winver to find out.

What is your .net version (folder names in here):
%systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework
Or run this thing:
http://www.tmgdevelopment.co.uk/versioncheck.htm

Did you install the engine as a UCI engine? It won't work as Winboard or Automatic under Arena

[Dann Corbit]

Here is an application I cobbled together that should tell you all about your system:
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new- ... eminfo.zip

[elcabesa]

hi Oliver,

can you try running the engine without of any Gui?
simply launch the program... you souhld get an empty console open,
then if you write uci in it it should tell you some info from the engine.

if it crashed as soon as you you start it, maybe you haven't the right frmework installed, or you didn't copied chesslib.dll in the same directory of the executable file.

please let my know

[Olivier Deville]

Thanks all for helping

I have run Dann's tool on the machine that I am using for my Promo tournament, and it says all .NET versions up to 3.5sp1 are installed on my system. .NET 4 is not there, since no program requested it so far.

Here are the informations about the operating system :

Windows XP
Platform type: NT
Major version: 5
Minor version: 1
Build number: 2600
Service pack info: 0012FE6C
32-bit platform: true
64-bit platform: false

Vajolet 0.33 crashes as soon as I try to run it in console mode. At least the former version (0.31.13) was showing uci commands when I typed 'uci'. When I typed 'go', it displayed "bestmove" and crashed. The dll is present in the same directory as the exe.

Olivier

[Dann Corbit]

Install this thing:
http://www.dependencywalker.com/depends22_x86.zip

and then run:
depends "vajolet 0.33.exe"
in the folder where you are keeping the chess program.

It will give a report of all the dll files, com objects, etc. that vajolet is looking for on your system and it will also tell us which ones are causing the problem.

[Olivier Deville]

Install this thing:
http://www.dependencywalker.com/depends22_x86.zip

and then run:
depends "vajolet 0.33.exe"
in the folder where you are keeping the chess program.

It will give a report of all the dll files, com objects, etc. that vajolet is looking for on your system and it will also tell us which ones are causing the problem.

Thanks again Dann !

Here is the report :

http://www.open-aurec.com/Vajolet_033.rar

Olivier