Year: 2015

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Banks 56th Amateur Series Division 6

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MadChess 2.0 participated in Graham Banks’ 56th amateur tournament in division 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 GreKo 2015 64-bit **** 1½½½ ½010 1101 1111 0½11 1½11 1111 11½1 111½ 110½ 1½10 33.0/44 2 Fridolin 2.0 64-bit 0½½½ **** 0½½½ 1010 1½11 ½001 1011 1110 0011 1½11 ½11½ 1101 27.5/44 3 Zurichess Geneva 64-bit ½101 1½½½ **** 11½1 0101 11½1 0111 ½1½½ 00½0 01½1 0100 1½11 27.0/44 4 Ares 1.005.2 64-bit 0010 0101 00½0 **** 0½½1 ½½½0 0½10 0111 111½ 1½11 11½½ 0½1½ 23.5/44 5 Giraffe 20150908 64-bit 0000 0½00 1010 1½½0… Continue Reading

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Banks 55th Amateur Series Division 6

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MadChess 2.0 participated in Graham Banks’ 55th amateur tournament in division 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Jazz 840 64-bit ** ½0 11 10 01 11 10 1½ 11 1½ 11 11 ½1 11 11 1½ 23.5/30 2 K2 0.75 ½1 ** 11 ½1 10 11 ½0 1½ 11 0½ ½1 10 ½½ 11 11 11 22.0/30 3 MadChess 2.0 64-bit 00 00 ** 01 11 01 01 01 10 1½ 11 1½ ½1 11 ½½ ½1 18.0/30 4 CmcChess 2.6 64-bit 01 ½0 10 ** 11 11… Continue Reading

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MadChess 2.0 Released

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I have released version 2 of my chess engine. I’ve rewritten the engine from scratch in a more procedural style code- as opposed to the sub-optimal (for chess engines at least) object-oriented style I used in MadChess 1.x. The engine is about 115 – 160 Elo stronger than its predecessor, depending on time control. I estimate it is about 2350 Elo. Source code and EXEs available on the Downloads page. Continue Reading

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MadChess 2.0 Beta Build 127 (Limit-Strength)

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I have added parameters to limit the playing strength of MadChess 2.0 Beta. The simplest way to limit the playing strength of MadChess 2.0 Beta is to set the LimitStrength and Elo parameters. The engine will automatically configure material scores and positional knowledge. In addition, the engine will configure search speed (Nodes Per Second), move error, blunder error, and blunder percent based on the Elo value. Continue Reading

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Banks 54th Amateur Series Division 6

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MadChess 1.4 participated in Graham Banks’ 54th amateur tournament in division 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 PikoSzachy Extreme ** 00 11 ½½ 1½ 11 11 10 11 01 11 ½1 01 11 1½ ½1 22.0/30 2 Lozza 1.15 64-bit 11 ** 01 01 ½½ ½½ 11 ½1 ½½ ½1 ½1 1½ 10 1½ ½1 ½1 20.5/30 3 Tigran 2.4n 64-bit 00 10 ** 00 10 1½ ½1 11 11 1½ 1½ ½½ 11 1½ 11 1½ 20.0/30 4 Jazz 840 64-bit ½½ 10 11 ** 01 ½½… Continue Reading