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Hello folks,
Dann Corbit compiled Alice 0.35 winboard engine, but do not have any readme file. It looks like an experimental engine.
Is not known the author, the use of various executable files, how to create a book file (I guess could be created because of a book.exe file),etc,etc.
Any comment is welcome.
Pablo

It really hurts to watch Alice play. I had to pull the plug after barely more than 2 games, as I could not stand it any longer.

Looks like a good punching bag, if you need revenge against the machine.

[Event "alice-test"]
[Site "DCORBIT64"]
[Date "2005.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alice"]
[Black "Diablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Kadas (Desprez) Opening"]
[Time "17:27:50"]
[TimeControl "600+5"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1.h4 e5 {(e7e5 e2e3 d7d5 d2d4 Nb8c6 Bf1b5 Bf8d6 Ng1f3 Bc8g4 Bb5xc6+ b7xc6 Nb1c3)
+0.16/12 15} 2.h5 d5 {(d7d5 Ng1f3 e5e4 Nf3d4 Bc8g4 d2d3 Ng8f6 Bc1g5 h7h6 Bg5h4 h6g5)
+0.48/11 14} 3.Rh2 Nc6 {(Nb8c6 e2e3 Ng8f6 Bf1b5 Bc8f5 d2d4 Bf8d6 h5h6 g7g5 Bb5xc6+)
+0.87/10 14} 4.Rh1 Nf6 {(Ng8f6 e2e3 Bf8c5 Nb1c3 Ke8f8 Ng1f3 Bc8g4 h5h6 Rh8g8 h6xg7+)
+1.06/10 14} 5.f3 Be6 {(Bc8e6 g2g4 Bf8c5 e2e3 00 h5h6 g7g6 Nb1c3 d5d4 Nc3a4) +1.16/10
14} 6.e3 Bd6 {(Bf8d6 Bf1b5 00 d2d4 e5xd4 e3xd4 Rf8e8 Ng1e2 a7a6 Bb5d3) +1.11/10 13}
7.h6 gxh6 {(g7xh6 Rh1xh6 Nf6g8 Rh6h1 Qd8g5 g2g4 e5e4 Bf1e2 Bd6g3+ Ke1f1) +1.12/10
13} 8.Rxh6 Ng8 {(Nf6g8 Rh6h2 Qd8g5 Ng1e2 000 Nb1c3 Ng8f6 d2d4 Qg5g6 d4xe5) +1.05/10
13} 9.Rh5 Kd7 {(Ke8d7 g2g4 Ng8f6 Rh5h6 Rh6h1 Nf6xh7) +1.09/10 13} 10.Rh2 Qg5
{(Qd8g5 Ng1e2 Qg5f6 Ne2c3 h7h5 Bf1b5 Ng8e7 g2g3 Be6f5 Bb5xc6+) +1.11/10 13} 11.Rh1 Qg3+
{(Qg5g3+ Ke1e2 Be6f5 d2d3 Ng8f6 Qd1e1 Rh8g8 Ke2d1 Qg3xe1+) +1.68/9 12} 12.Ke2 d4 {(d5d4
Qd1e1 Qg3g6 Ke2d1 Nc6b4 Nb1a3 Be6xa2 e3xd4 e5xd4) +1.50/10 12} 13.d3 Nf6 {(Ng8f6 e3e4
Bd6c5 Ng1h3 Bc5b4 a2a3 Bb4a5 Nh3g5 h7h5) +1.61/9 12} 14.c3 dxe3 {(d4xe3 Bc1xe3 Nf6d5
Be3c1 Bd6c5 Qd1e1 Rh8g8 Ke2d1 Nd5e3+) +1.81/9 12} 15.Bxe3 Nd5 {(Nf6d5 Be3c1 Bd6c5
Qd1e1 Ra8g8 Qe1xg3 Rg8xg3 Ke2d1 Nd5e3+) +1.65/9 12} 16.a3 Nxe3 {(Nd5xe3 Ke2xe3 Qg3f4+
Ke3e2 Bd6c5 Qd1d2 Qf4a4 Ke2e1) +1.97/8 11} 17.Kxe3 Kc8 {(Kd7c8 Ke3d2 Nc6a5 c3c4
Qg3g5+ Kd2e1 Qg5e3+ Bf1e2) +1.77/8 11} 18.a4 Bc5+ {(Bd6c5+ Ke3d2 Nc6a5 Ng1e2 Na5b3+
Qd1xb3 Bc5e3+ Kd2xe3 Qg3g5+ Ke3f2 Be6xb3) +4.41/11 11} 19.Kd2 Na5 {(Nc6a5 Ng1e2 Rh8h5)
+5.18/11 11} 20.c4 Nxc4+ {(Na5xc4+ d3xc4 Rh8d8+ Bf1d3 Be6xc4 Kd2c1 Bc5e3+ Nb1d2 Rd8xd3
Ng1e2 Qg3xg2) +6.46/11 11} 21.dxc4 Rd8+ {(Rh8d8+ Bf1d3 Be6xc4) +6.57/11 15} 22.Bd3
Bf5 {(Be6f5 Kd2c1 Bc5e3+ Nb1d2 Rd8xd3 Ng1e2 Rd3xd2 Qd1xd2 Be3xd2+ Kc1xd2 Qg3xg2)
+7.50/11 15} 23.Kc1 Be3+ {(Bc5e3+ Nb1d2 Rd8xd3 Ng1e2 Qg3g5 f3f4 Rd3xd2 Qd1xd2 Qd2d1 b2b3
f7f6+) +8.07/13 15} 24.Nd2 Rxd3 {(Rd8xd3) +8.07/12 14} 25.Ne2 Qg5 {(Qg3g5 f3f4 e5xf4
Ra1a3 Be3xd2+ Qd1xd2 Rd3xd2 Kc1xd2 f4f3+ Ra3e3 f3xe2) +9.20/11 14} 26.f4 exf4 {(e5xf4
b2c3 Rd3xd2 f4xg5 Rd2xe2+) +10.57/10 14} 27.Nc3 Bxd2+ {(Be3xd2+ Kc1b1 Bd2xc3 Qd1c1
Bc3d2 Qc1c2 Rd3g3 Ra1a3 Bf5xc2+ Kb1xc2) +15.07/10 13} 28.Qxd2 Rxd2 {(Rd3xd2 Kc1xd2
f4f3+ Kd2d1 Qg5xg2 Rh1h2 Qg2g1+ Kd1d2 Qg1xh2+ Kd2e3 Qh2xb2) +18.06/11 13} 29.Kxd2 f3+
{(f4f3+ Kd2d1 Qg5xg2 Ra1c1 f3f2 Nc3e2 Qg2f3 Rc1c2 Qf3xh1+ Kd1d2) +22.37/10 13} 30.Kd1
Qxg2 {(Qg5xg2 Ra1c1 f3f2 Nc3e2 Qg2xh1+ Kd1d2 Qh1h6+ Ne2f4 Qh6xf4+ Kd2e2 Bf5d3+)
+27.16/11 12} 31.Rc1 f2 {(f3f2 Nc3e2 Qg2f3 Rc1c3 Qf3xh1+ Kd1d2 Qh1e1+ Kd2e3 f2f1Q Ke3d4)
+M11/10 15} 32.Ne2 Qf3 {(Qg2f3 Rc1c3 Qf3xh1+ Kd1d2 f2f1Q Rc3d3 Qf1d1+ Kd2e3 Qh1e4+)
+M10/9 14} 33.Rc3 Qxh1+ {(Qf3xh1+ Qh1xh7) +M7/8 14} 34.Kd2 f1=Q {(f2f1Q c4d5) +M6/7
13} 35.Rd3 Qfd1+ {(Qf1d1+ Kd2e3 Qh1e4+ Ke3f2 Qd1xe2+ Kf2g3 Qe2g2+) +M3/7 13} 36.Ke3
Qe4+ {(Qh1e4+ Rd3d2) +M4/6 13} 37.Kf2 Qdxe2+ {(Qd1xe2+ Kf2g3 Qe2g2+) +M1/6 12}
38.Kg3 Q2g2# {(Qe2g2+ Kg3h4) +M0/5 12} {Mate} 0-1

[Event "alice-test"]
[Site "DCORBIT64"]
[Date "2005.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Philemon"]
[Black "Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game"]
[Time "17:45:41"]
[TimeControl "600+5"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1.d4 {(d2d4 e7e6 Bc1f4 Bf8b4+ c2c3 Bb4e7) 0.00/6 15} h5 2.Bf4 {(Bc1f4 d7d5 e2e3
Bc8f5 Bf1e2) +0.50/5 15} Rh7 3.e3 {(e2e3 Nb8c6 Bf1c4 Ng8f6) +0.57/5 16} Rh8 4.Nf3
{(Ng1f3 Nb8c6 Bf1c4 Ng8f6) +0.67/4 16} Rh7 5.Bd3 {(Bf1d3 g7g6 Nf3e5 Rh7g7) +0.96/5 16}
Rh8 6.O-O {(00 Ng8f6 Nb1c3 Nb8c6) +0.98/5 14} h4 7.Nc3 {(Nb1c3 Nb8c6 Bd3f5) +1.17/4
14} Rh5 8.Ne5 {(Nf3e5 Ng8f6 Ne5g6 Nb8c6 Ng6xf8 Ke8xf8) +1.32/4 14} Nf6 9.Ne4
{(Nc3e4 Rh5f5 f2f3) +1.36/4 14} Rxe5 10.Bxe5 {(Bf4xe5 Nf6xe4 Bd3xe4 d7d6) +2.98/5 13}
Nxe4 11.Bxe4 {(Bd3xe4 h4h3 g2xh3 Nb8c6 Be5f4) +2.88/5 13} d6 12.Bf4 {(Be5f4 e7e5
d4xe5 g7g5 e5xd6 g5xf4 d6xc7 Qd8xc7) +2.80/6 12} e5 13.dxe5 {(d4xe5 g7g5 e5xd6 g5xf4
d6xc7 Qd8xc7 Rf1e1) +2.82/7 12} g5 14.Qh5 {(Qd1h5 g5xf4 Be4d5 Qd8e7 e5xd6 c7xd6
e3xf4) +2.53/7 11} gxf4 15.Bd5 {(Be4d5 Qd8e7 e5xd6 c7xd6 e3xf4 Bf8g7) +2.37/7 11} Qe7
16.exd6 {(e5xd6 c7xd6 e3xf4 Qe7f6 Ra1e1+ Bf8e7) +2.55/7 11} cxd6 17.exf4 {(e3xf4 Qe7f6
Ra1e1+ Bf8e7 Qh5e2) +2.83/6 11} Qf6 18.Rfe1+ {(Rf1e1+ Bf8e7 Qh5f3 Qf6xb2 Qf3e4 Bc8e6
Bd5xb7) +2.76/7 11} Be7 19.Qf3 {(Qh5f3 Qf6xb2 Qf3e4 Qb2f6 Bd5xb7 Bc8xb7 Qe4xb7) +2.88/7
11} Nd7 20.Re2 {(Re1e2 Ke8d8 Ra1e1 Qf6d4 c2c3 Qd4c5 Bd5xb7 Bc8xb7 Qf3xb7) +3.41/7
11} Nb6 21.Bxb7 {(Bd5xb7 Bc8xb7 Qf3xb7 Ke8f8 Ra1b1 h4h3 g2g3) +3.66/8 10} Bxb7
22.Qxb7 {(Qf3xb7 Ke8f8 c2c3 d6d5 Ra1d1 h4h3 g2g3) +3.68/8 10} Kf8 23.Rae1 {(Ra1e1 Be7d8
a2a4 a7a5 b2b3 Qf6xf4 Re2e8+ Kf8g7 Re8xd8 Ra8xd8 Qb7xb6) +3.69/8 10} Bd8 24.a4
{(a2a4 a7a5 b2b3 Kf8g7 Re2e8 Kg7h6 Qb7e4) +3.63/7 10} a5 25.Qf3 {(Qb7f3 d6d5 b2b3
Kf8g7 Re2e8 Kg7h6 Qf3e3) +3.56/7 10} Kg7 26.c4 {(c2c4 Qf6f5 b2b3 Kg7h8 Re2d2 Qf5c5
Qf3d1) +3.57/7 10} Kh8 27.R2e8+ {(Re2e8+ Kh8g7 Qf3h5 h4h3 Re1e3 Qf6xf4 Qh5h8+ Kg7g6
Re8xd8 Ra8xd8 Qh8xd8 Nb6xc4) +4.27/8 9} Kg7 28.Qh5 {(Qf3h5 h4h3 Re1e3 Qf6xf4 Qh5h8+
Kg7g6 Re8xd8 Ra8xd8 Qh8xd8 Nb6xc4) +4.27/7 9} Qxf4 29.Qh8+ {(Qh5h8+ Kg7g6 Re8xd8
Ra8xd8 Qh8xd8 Nb6xc4 b2b3) +4.49/8 9} Kg6 30.Rxd8 {(Re8xd8 Ra8xd8 Qh8xd8 Nb6xc4 b2b3
Nc4d2 Qd8b6) +4.53/8 9} Rxd8 31.Qxd8 {(Qh8xd8 Nb6xc4 b2b3 Nc4d2 Qd8c7 Kg6h6 Qc7c2
h4h3 Re1d1) +4.43/9 9} Nxa4 32.Qg8+ {(Qd8g8+ Kg6f6 Qg8h8+ Kf6g5 Qh8g7+ Kg5h5 b2b3)
+4.68/8 9} Kf6 33.b3 {(b2b3) +0.50/9 9} Qd2 34.Qh8+ {(Qg8h8+ Kf6g6 Re1a1 Na4c5 Qh8xh4
Qd2e2 Qh4g3+ Kg6h5) +5.10/9 9} Kg6 35.Ra1 {(Re1a1 Na4c5 Qh8xh4 Qd2d3 Qh4g4+ Kg6h7
Qg4h5+ Kh7g8) +5.09/9 9} Nc5 36.Qxh4 {(Qh8xh4 Qd2d3 Qh4g4+ Kg6f6 Qg4f4+ Kf6g7 Qf4g4+
Kg7h8) +5.07/9 8} f6 37.Qg3+ {(Qh4g3+ Kg6f7 Qg3h3 Qd2c2 Qh3h5+ Kf7g7 Qh5g4+ Kg7h8)
+5.25/9 8} Kf5 38.h4 {(h2h4 Qd2e2 h4h5 Qe2d2 Qg3h3+ Kf5e5 h5h6 Qd2d4) +5.40/8 8} Qe2
39.h5 {(h4h5 Qe2b2 Qg3f3+ Kf5g5 Ra1xa5 Qb2c1+ Kg1h2 Qc1xc4 Qf3xf6+ Kg5xf6 b3xc4)
+5.52/8 8} Ke6 40.h6 {(h5h6 Nc5e4 Qg3f4 Ne4g5 Qf4d4 Qe2c2) +5.82/8 8} Ne4 41.Qh4
{(Qg3h4 Ne4g5 h6h7 Qe2e5 h7h8Q Qe5xa1+ Kg1h2 Ke6f5 Kf5e5) +7.84/8 8} Ng5 42.h7 {(h6h7
Qe2e5 h7h8Q Qe5xa1+ Kg1h2 Ke6f5 Kf5e5) +7.84/9 8} Nxh7 43.Qxh7 {(Qh4xh7 Qe2e5 Ra1d1
f6f5 Qh7c7 Qe5c5 Rd1e1+ Ke6f6) +7.87/9 8} Qe5 44.Rc1 {(Ra1c1 f6f5 Rc1d1 f5f4 Qh7c7
Qe5c5 Rd1e1+ Ke6f5) +7.83/9 8} f5 45.Kf1 {(Kg1f1) +0.50/9 8} a4 46.Re1 {(Rc1e1 a4xb3
f2f4 Qe5xe1+ Kf1xe1 d6d5 Qh7g6+ Ke6e7 c4xd5) +10.79/9 8} Qxe1+ 47.Kxe1 {(Kf1xe1)
+0.50/11 7} axb3 48.Qb7 {(Qh7b7 Ke6e5) +11.99/10 7} f4 49.Qxb3 {(Qb7xb3 Ke6e5 Qb3b6 f4f3
g2g3 Ke5f5 Qb6xd6 Kf5g4 Qd6d4+ Kg4h3) +12.10/9 7} Ke5 50.Qb6 {(Qb3b6 f4f3 g2xf3 d6d5
Qb6c5 Ke5f4 Qc5e3+ Kf4f5 c4xd5) +12.69/10 7} Ke6 51.c5 {(c4c5) +0.50/11 7} Kf5 52.c6
{(c5c6 f4f3 c6c7 Kf5e6) +M500/9 7} Ke6 53.c7 {(c6c7 f4f3 c7c8Q+ Ke6f6) +M500/9 7} Kd7
54.Qb8 {(Qb6b8 Kd7e6 c7c8Q+ Ke6e5 Qb8b2+ Ke5e4) +M500/9 7} Ke7 55.c8=Q {(c7c8Q Ke7f6
Qb8xd6+) +M500/8 7} Kf6 56.Qxd6+ {(Qb8xd6+ Kf6g5 f2f3 Kg5h4 Qc8g4+ Kh4xg4) +M500/7 7}
Kg5 57.f3 {(f2f3 Kg5h4 Qc8g4+ Kh4xg4) +M500/7 7} Kh4 58.Qg4# {(Qc8g4+ Kh4xg4)
+M500/2} {Mate} 1-0

[Event "alice-test"]
[Site "DCORBIT64"]
[Date "2005.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Diablo"]
[Black "Alice"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's Pawn"]
[Time "18:08:12"]
[TimeControl "600+5"]
[Termination "unterminated"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1.e4 {(e2e4 e7e6 d2d4 d7d5 Bf1b5+ Bc8d7 Bb5d3 Nb8c6 Ng1f3 Bf8b4+ Nb1c3) +0.22/11
15} h5 2.Nc3 {(Nb1c3 e7e5 Ng1f3 Nb8c6 Bf1b5 Nc6d4 Bb5c4 Bf8d6 00 Ng8f6) +0.46/11
14} Rh7 3.d4 {(d2d4 e7e6 Bf1e2 h5h4 Ng1h3 d7d5 00 Nb8c6 Nh3g5 Rh7h6 d5b4) +0.90/11
14} Rh8 4.Be2 {(Bf1e2 g7g6 Ng1f3 Ng8f6 e4e5 Nf6g4 h2h3 Ng4h6 00 d7d5) +1.20/10 14}
h4 5.Bg5 {(Bc1g5 g7g6 Ke1f1 Bf8g7 h2h3 f7f6 Bg5e3 Nb8c6 Ng1f3 e7e5) +1.16/10 14} *

Hi Dann,
Who is the author?
You know what is book.exe for, or how to use it ?
Pablo

Hello Andrew,
You are right, unzipped is over 60Mb!!!. Incredible!!!
Pablo

Pablo Urzua wrote:Hi Dann,
Who is the author?
You know what is book.exe for, or how to use it ?
Pablo

Hello Andrew,
You are right, unzipped is over 60Mb!!!. Incredible!!!
Pablo

The author is Sven Reichard.
His email is found in the file AUTHORS in the distribution.
I sent him an email with some questions, but he did not answer it.

I do not know how to build a book, but obviously the program could sorely use one.