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Date: 05 Oct 2008 00:13:26
From: Sanny
Subject: GetClub improved by 60% today.
Today a few things were corrected which will make GetClub play 60%
stronger.

Now you will need a lot more moves to win the game as the defences of
GetClub has been strengthened.

And GetClub will not allow opponents to take control for its king
easily.

Still I am looking for Help Bots game to see if the real improvement
is seen.

Play a few games against Beginner & Easy Levels and see if you can win
easily.

Heres a game against Jester which was incomplete as my Connection
Broke and I have to levet the game in between.

Still both Jester & GetCluub were having equal pieces till 27th move.

Game Played between sanjay11 and beginner at GetClub.com

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sanjay11: (White)
beginner: (Black)
Game Played at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html
View Recorded Game: http://www.getclub.com/playgame.php?id=DM28408&game=Chess
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White -- Black
(sanjay11) -- (beginner)

1. e2-e4{2} e7-e5{0}
2. Ng1-f3{4} Nb8-c6{0}
3. Bf1-b5{6} a7-a6{0}
4. Bb5-a4{6} Ng8-f6{0}
5. Ke1-g1{6} Bf8-e7{0}
6. d2-d3{8} d7-d6{18}
7. Ba4-c6{10} b7-c6{6}
8. Nb1-c3{10} Bc8-d7{18}
9. Qd1-e2{10} Qd8-b8{10}
10. d3-d4{10} e5-d4{6}
11. Nf3-d4{10} c6-c5{10}
12. Nd4-f5{10} Bd7-f5{8}
13. e4-f5{10} Qb8-b7{16}
14. Rf1-e1{12} Ke8-g8{28}
15. Qe2-d3{30} Rf8-e8{8}
16. Re1-e2{14} Nf6-g4{12}
17. Qd3-g3{10} h7-h5{12}
18. Qg3-h3{8} g7-g6{16}
19. f5-g6{14} f7-g6{10}
20. f2-f3{10} Ng4-e5{8}
21. f3-f4{10} Ne5-g4{16}
22. Qh3-d3{10} Kg8-f7{44}
23. Qd3-c4{10} Kf7-g7{38}
24. h2-h3{118} Ng4-f6{8}
25. Qc4-d3{12} Ra8-b8{10}
26. f4-f5{10} g6-f5{52}
27. Qd3-f5{4} c5-c4{10}
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sanjay11: (White)
beginner: (Black)
Game Played at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html
View Recorded Game: http://www.getclub.com/playgame.php?id=DM28408&game=Chess

Are you able to see that GetClub is playing Stronger moves?

Do you see any mistake in any of the above moves?


Now, Beginner will play as a 2200+ player.

Beginner: 2200+
Easy: 2300+
Normal: 2400+

Bye
Sanny

Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html




 
Date: 05 Oct 2008 22:38:58
From: Sanny
Subject: Re: GetClub improved by 60% today.
> Is the maneuver "Nh3 Bd2 Na4 Bc1 Nc3" in the game below part of this
> new defence system?

Looks like this game was played before the improvement. And it was
Beginner Level. Try playing against Easy Level.

Easy Level will play very strong game.

How many seconds "Glaurung 2.1" thinks per move?

And which computer GetClub has Do you give stronger computer to
GetClub?

Whats the hardware configuration for both Players?

Yesterday 4/5 games played by GetClub were won by GetClub only one
game you played against Glaurung 2.1 was lost by GetClub.

Bye
Sanny

Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html



  
Date: 06 Oct 2008 06:24:57
From: Peter Osterlund
Subject: Re: GetClub improved by 60% today.
Sanny <[email protected] > writes:

>> Is the maneuver "Nh3 Bd2 Na4 Bc1 Nc3" in the game below part of this
>> new defence system?
>
> Looks like this game was played before the improvement.

No. I started that game after your post where you wrote "Today a few
things were corrected". Note the use of the word "were", indicating
that the corrections had already taken place.

> And it was Beginner Level. Try playing against Easy Level.
>
> Easy Level will play very strong game.

Why? I thought the only difference between the levels was that they
use different amount of thinking time. The getclub program has bigger
problems to worry about than thinking time, see below.

> How many seconds "Glaurung 2.1" thinks per move?
>
> And which computer GetClub has Do you give stronger computer to
> GetClub?
>
> Whats the hardware configuration for both Players?

Wrong questions. If you want to make getclub stronger you need to find
the answers to different questions, such as:

* Why could the program not see a mate in three in the end even though
the search depth indicated 14?

* Why did it think the position after the first few moves in this game
was about +1.5 for getclub?

* In the current game against Ivan, why did it think it was +2 while
other engines agreed that getclub is -2 or worse?

I think it would be a good idea to make the getclub program able to
display its principal variation (PV), ie the best line of play from a
position as determined by the search algorithm. Looking at the PV for
the positions corresponding to my questions above should make it
possible to figure out what getclub is doing wrong in those
positions.

Note! The PV should only be displayed in debug mode. Otherwise it
could give too much help to human players during the games.

> Yesterday 4/5 games played by GetClub were won by GetClub only one
> game you played against Glaurung 2.1 was lost by GetClub.

Yes, getclub can win against careless and/or weak human players, but
that doesn't mean its rating is 2200+.

--
Peter Osterlund - [email protected]
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340


 
Date: 05 Oct 2008 09:03:24
From: Peter Osterlund
Subject: Re: GetClub improved by 60% today.
Sanny <[email protected] > writes:

> Today a few things were corrected which will make GetClub play 60%
> stronger.
>
> Now you will need a lot more moves to win the game as the defences of
> GetClub has been strengthened.

Is the maneuver "Nh3 Bd2 Na4 Bc1 Nc3" in the game below part of this
new defence system?

> And GetClub will not allow opponents to take control for its king
> easily.
>
> Play a few games against Beginner & Easy Levels and see if you can win
> easily.

[Date "2008.10.05"]
[White "GetClub beginner level"]
[Black "Glaurung 2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7
8. Be3 Rb8 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Ng5 Ng4 11. Nh3 f5 12. Bd2 f4 13. Na4 Qe8 14. Bc1
f3 15. Nc3 Qg6 16. Nf4 exf4 17. g3 Nxh2 18. Kxh2 Qh5+ 19. Kg1 Bh3
{White resigns} 0-1

--
Peter Osterlund - [email protected]
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340