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Hi all,

There's a new version of postmodernist available at my webpage:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/postmodernist/

It's been a long while and a disk crash since I uploaded a new version. I know this version is stronger than its predecessor, but I wouldn't like to speculate about how much stronger. You will need to download the new book as well as the program. The instructions are in the README.txt file. If anyone downloads it, could you post here if you have any problems?

Thanks

Andrew

AndrewWilliams wrote:Hi all,

There's a new version of postmodernist available at my webpage:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/postmodernist/

It's been a long while and a disk crash since I uploaded a new version. I know this version is stronger than its predecessor, but I wouldn't like to speculate about how much stronger. You will need to download the new book as well as the program. The instructions are in the README.txt file. If anyone downloads it, could you post here if you have any problems?

Thanks

Andrew

Thank you, Andrew. After more than 2 years without hearing any news I was about to think your engine was dead. I am glad I was wrong.

Best regards,
G?bor

Thanks for your kind words, Gabor! I hope the new version proves to be amusing.

Andrew

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for your upgrade. It's a very nice new to wath upgrade of PostModernist

But I have a problem with my Centrino Intel.

The winboard.debug is :


recognized 'normal' (-1) as variant normal
WinBoard 4.2.7 + GNUChes5
Reset(1, 0) from gameMode 0
recognized 'normal' (-1) as variant normal
GameEnds(0, (null), 2)
StartChildProcess (dir="c:\program files\winboard\") GNUChes5 xboard
761 >first : xboard
protover 2
871 <first : feature setboard=1 analyze=1 ping=1 draw=0 sigint=0 variants="normal" myname="GNU Chess 5.07" done=1
871 >first : accepted setboard
871 >first : accepted analyze
871 >first : accepted ping
871 >first : accepted draw
871 >first : accepted sigint
871 >first : accepted variants
871 >first : accepted myname
871 >first : accepted done
891 >first : new
random
891 >first : level 40 1 0
891 >first : post
891 >first : hard
891 >first : easy
891 >first : ping 1
1091 <first : Root = -10, Phase = 1
1091 <first : Time = 5.00, Max = 20.00, Left = 60.00, Moves = 40
1091 <first : Ply Time Eval Nodes Principal-Variation
1091 <first : 1. 62 0 20 e4
1091 <first : 2. -7 0 41 e4 d5 d3 Nf6 Nc3
1091 <first : 3. 9 0 171 d3 e5 Nf3
1091 <first : 4. 8 0 264 d3 e5 Nc3 Nh6 Bxh6 gxh6
1101 <first : 5. 36 0 4383 Nc3 e5 d4 Nc6 Nf3
1101 <first : Root = -10, Phase = 1
1101 <first : Time = 5.00, Max = 20.00, Left = 60.00, Moves = 40
1101 <first : Ply Time Eval Nodes Principal-Variation
1101 <first : 1. 62 0 20 e4
1101 <first : 2. 36 0 41 Nc3 e5 d4 Nc6 Nf3
1101 <first : 3. 36 0 61 Nc3 e5 d4 Nc6 Nf3
1101 <first : 4. 36 0 81 Nc3 e5 d4 Nc6 Nf3
1111 <first : 5. 40 0 2202 Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 Nc3
1111 <first : pong 1
Reset(1, 1) from gameMode 0
recognized 'normal' (-1) as variant normal
GameEnds(0, (null), 2)
9303 >first : force
9303 >first : ping 2
9303 >first : new
random
9303 >first : level 40 5 0
9303 >first : post
9303 >first : hard
9303 >first : easy
9303 >first : ping 3
9313 <first : pong 2
9313 <first : Root = -10, Phase = 1
9313 <first : Time = 5.00, Max = 20.00, Left = 300.00, Moves = 40
9313 <first : Ply Time Eval Nodes Principal-Variation
9313 <first : 1. 62 0 20 e4
9313 <first : 2. -10 0 133 e4 e5
9313 <first : 3. 41 0 631 d4 d5 Nf3
9323 <first : 4. -3 0 2587 e4 Nf6 Nc3
9333 <first : pong 3
14621 >first : force
StartChildProcess (dir="c:\program files\chessbase\engines.uci\postmodernist") postmodernist xboard
15151 >second: xboard
protover 2
16123 <second: feature done=0
16123 >second: accepted done
16123 <second: feature myname="PMv1016"
16123 >second: accepted myname
16123 <second: feature done=1
16123 >second: accepted done
16133 >second: new
random
16133 >second: level 40 5 0
16133 >second: post
16133 >second: hard
16133 >second: easy
16133 >second: force
16133 >first : computer
16133 >second: computer
16133 >first : black
16133 >first : time 30000
16133 >first : otim 30000
16133 >first : white
16133 >first : go
16604 <first : Search time bonus near book
16604 <first : Root = -10, Phase = 1
16604 <first : Time = 10.62, Max = 42.47, Left = 300.00, Moves = 40
16604 <first : Ply Time Eval Nodes Principal-Variation
16604 <first : 1. ... c2c4
16624 >second: time 30000
16624 >second: otim 29950
16624 >second: c2c4
16624 >second: black
16624 >second: go
16704 <first : My move is: c2c4
Fatal Error: Error: second chess program (postmodernist xboard) exited unexpectedly
GameEnds(0, (null), 2)
25296 >first : force
25296 >first : ping 4
Interrupting second
25296 >second: force
25296 >first : quit
25306 >second: quit



and you own debug is




This is PostModernist v1016
(C)Andrew Williams

Found 5-men endgame table bases.
xboard

Illegal Move: xboard

protover 2

PROTOVER COMMAND RECEIVED (2)

MY VERSION NUMBER IS feature myname="PMv1016"

accepted done

Illegal Move: accepted done

accepted myname

Illegal Move: accepted myname

accepted done

Illegal Move: accepted done

new


COMPLETELY CLEARING HASH TABLES
TTSIZE: 2097152
PAWNHTSIZE: 262144
EVALHTSIZE: 131072
random

level 40 5 0

post

hard

easy

force

computer

time 30000

otim 29950

c2c4


rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - fmvn 1; hmvc 0; id "Analysis Mode"; sm c4

MR: white=39 black=40
black

go


PONDERING MOVE WAS UNAVAILABLE


Unfortunately I could make test on another computer.

Thanks for all.

Best wishes

Claude

Hi Claude,

I'm so sorry I didn't reply sooner. I've only just noticed your response. I'm afraid I can't shed any light on the problem. PM should just search from there. It needs to have a pm.ini file, but it has already found that. Are you quite certain that the two book files (preferred.bin and book.bin) are in a sub-folder called "book" (must be lower-case)?

Regards

Andrew

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for your reply
I am not very quick because I was on holidays without PC.

I have made a mistake and missed the new organisation with the book

I have reinstalled and now all is all right. Sorry for my bad announce.

Thanks again for PostModernist who seems to play better.

Best wishes

Claude