30 Sep 10
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "****"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "aam3r"]
[Black "GNU Chess 5.07"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8.
a3 Nc6 9. b4 Ng4 10. Ng5 Nxe3 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. fxe3 Bxg5 13. Qh5 Be7 14.
Bg6+ Kg8 15. Qh7#
{computer loses as black} 1-0
PWNED 😀 😀
30 Sep 10
Originally posted by aamir8809
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "****"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "aam3r"]
[Black "GNU Chess 5.07"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8.
a3 Nc6 9. b4 Ng4 10. Ng5 Nxe3 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. fxe3 Bxg5 13. Qh5 Be7 14.
Bg6+ Kg8 15. Qh7#
{computer loses as black} 1-0
PWNED 😀 😀
Take it to the Chess forum, Spanky.
30 Sep 10
Originally posted by Daemon Sinyes! I will
[pgn][Event "Computer chess game"] [Site "****"] [Date "2010.09.30"] [Round "-"] [White "aam3r"] [Black "GNU Chess 5.07"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Nc6 9. b4 Ng4 10. Ng5 Nxe3 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. fxe3 Bxg5 13. Qh5 Be7 14. Bg6+ Kg8 15. Qh7#[/pgn]
Take it to the Chess forum, Spanky.
after 24 hours
30 Sep 10
Originally posted by aamir8809So what you are saying is that GnuChess is still crap?
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "****"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "aam3r"]
[Black "GNU Chess 5.07"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8.
a3 Nc6 9. b4 Ng4 10. Ng5 Nxe3 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. fxe3 Bxg5 13. Qh5 Be7 14.
Bg6+ Kg8 15. Qh7#
{computer loses as black} 1-0
PWNED 😀 😀
30 Sep 10
Originally posted by aamir8809It had to be running in an "easy" mode. Either that, or it has a critical bug.
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "****"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "aam3r"]
[Black "GNU Chess 5.07"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8.
a3 Nc6 9. b4 Ng4 10. Ng5 Nxe3 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. fxe3 Bxg5 13. Qh5 Be7 14.
Bg6+ Kg8 15. Qh7#
{computer loses as black} 1-0
PWNED 😀 😀
One huge middlegame blunder (10...Nxe3) and walking into a mate-in-two (13...Be7). Ouch.
02 Oct 10
Originally posted by adramforallGnuChess is what it is: a 2400-ish engine with a buggy reputation in the past (hopefully getting better?). Version 5 was written to eliminate spaghetti code, but I still don't care for the engine. It has no configuration file, so all the switches have to be put on the command line. And the engine seems to be very fussy about accepting the switches: I haven't been able to get the depth switch to work at all in Arena.
So what you are saying is that GnuChess is still crap?
So for me, GnuChess is trapped in limbo land - Not strong enough to be a top engine, yet I haven't been able to "dumb it down" so I can play against it. For me, there are better engine choices for playing dumbed-down chess.
03 Oct 10
Originally posted by Darax The GoodMaybe usually, but not necessarily. There are some free engines/GUIs that fill my basic needs. Commercial products may deliver extra strength or features, but if you don't need the extras, then it makes no sense to pay money for those things.
you get what you pay for.
Even among the free engines, some are better than others in terms of strength, features, or bugginess. If I can find a free engine/GUI that I'm happy with, then I think I've gotten more than I paid for. 🙂