Zappa (some parts of the release notes translated to German)

[Volker Pittlik]

4. The executable runs on processors with SSE2 instruction support only
(Pentium 4, Athlon 64, Opteron, and Pentium M).

Das heisst:
Das Programm l?uft nur auf Prozessoren mitt SSE2 Unterst?tzung (Pentium 4, Athlon 64, Opteron und Pentium M).

Ich frage mich manchmal, wieso Releasenotes, Readmes usw. einfach nicht gelesen werden.

Volker

[WolfV]

Yes, take heed: Zappa 0.80b does NOT run on "normal" Athlons . I tried running it on my Athlon 2600+ notebook: no way.

BTW, first impressions are quite favourable. Zappa plays original chess, quite tactical and with lots of strange extensions However, it gets the job done most of the time.

Have to tell you though that my own engine zapped Zappa niftily in the very first game they played (both as WB engines -- Zappa apparently goes fritz when in UCI mode). I sort of liked move 30...Bb4! that clinched the issue:

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[Event "Zappa_1610"]
[Site "PLOTINUS"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zappa"]
[Black "1610"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Time "18:58:05"]
[TimeControl "40/600:40/600:40/600"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 Na5 5.Nge2 {(1. Ng1-e2 Bf8-c5 2. Ke1-g1 Ke8-g8
3. Bc1-e3 Bc5xe3 4. f2xe3 Na5xc4 5. d3xc4 d7-d6 6. Qd1-d3 ) -0.03/10 13} Nxc4
6.dxc4 {(1. d3xc4<S> Bf8-c5 2. Ke1-g1 Ke8-g8 3. Bc1-g5 d7-d6 4. Bg5xf6 Qd8xf6 5.
Nc3-d5 Qf6-d8 6. Qd1-d3 ) -0.01/10 13} Bc5 7.O-O {(1. Ke1-g1 Ke8-g8 2. Bc1-g5 d7-d6 3.
Bg5xf6 Qd8xf6 4. Nc3-d5 ) -0.03/10 13} d6 8.Bg5 {(1. Bc1-g5 Ke8-g8 2. Nc3-d5 Bc8-e6 3.
Qd1-d3 Be6-g4 4. Nd5xf6 g7xf6 5. Bg5-e3 Rf8-e8 6. Be3xc5 d6xc5 ) +0.05/10 13} Be6
9.Qd3 {(1. Qd1-d3 h7-h6 2. Bg5xf6 g7xf6 3. Nc3-a4 Ke8-g8 4. Na4xc5 d6xc5 ) +0.14/10
13} Rc8 10.Nd5 {(1. Nc3-d5 Be6xd5 2. c4xd5 Ke8-g8 3. Ra1-d1 h7-h6 4. Bg5-h4 Rf8-e8
5. Qd3-f3 Qd8-e7 ) +0.39/10 13} a6 11.Nxf6+ {(1. Nd5xf6 g7xf6 2. Bg5-h6<S> Rc8-b8
3. b2-b3 Be6-g4 4. Bh6-g7 Rh8-g8<S> 5. Bg7-h6<S> Rg8-g6 6. b3-b4 Bc5xb4 7. Ra1-d1
) +1.23/10 56} gxf6 12.Bh6 {(1. Bg5-h6 Rc8-b8 2. Ra1-b1 b7-b5 3. c4xb5<S> a6xb5
4. Bh6-g7<S> Rh8-g8<S> 5. Bg7-h6 Be6xa2 6. Rb1-d1 Ba2-c4 7. Qd3-d2 ) +1.19/10 12}
Rg8 13.Rfd1 {(1. Rf1-d1 Rg8-g6<S> 2. Qd3-d2<S> Be6xc4 3. Ne2-g3 Ke8-d7 4. b2-b3
Bc4-e6 5. Rd1-b1 ) +1.33/9 21} c6 14.b4 {(1. b2-b4 Bc5xb4 2. Ra1-b1 Qd8-a5 3. a2-a3
Qa5xa3 4. c2-c3 a6-a5 5. c3xb4 ) +1.52/9 21} Bxb4 15.Rab1 {(1. Ra1-b1 Qd8-a5 2. Bh6-e3
b7-b5 3. c4xb5 a6xb5 4. c2-c3 Bb4-a3 5. Qd3-d2 ) +1.24/9 12} Qa5 16.Be3 {(1. Bh6-e3
b7-b5 2. c4xb5 a6xb5 3. c2-c3 Bb4-a3 4. Qd3-d2 d6-d5 ) +0.99/9 12} b5 17.cxb5 {(1.
c4xb5 a6xb5 2. c2-c3 Bb4-a3 3. Qd3-d2 Qa5-a4 4. f2-f3 d6-d5 5. e4xd5 c6xd5 ) +1.00/9
12} cxb5 18.a3 {(1. a2-a3 Qa5xa3 2. c2-c3<S> Be6-c4 3. Qd3-d2 Bc4xe2<S> 4. Qd2xe2
Bb4xc3 5. Qe2-h5 Ke8-f8 6. Be3-h6 Kf8-e7 ) -0.14/9 39} Qxa3 19.c3 {(1. c2-c3<S> Bb4xc3
2. Be3-c1 Qa3-c5 3. Bc1-e3 Qc5-a3<S> ) 0.00/9 11} Bc4 20.Qd2 {(1. Qd3-d2 Bb4-c5 2.
Be3-h6 Qa3-a2 3. Rb1-b2<S> Qa2-a4 4. Ne2-g3 a6-a5 5. Bh6-e3 Ke8-f8 6. Be3-h6 Kf8-e8 )
0.00/10 11} Bxe2 21.Qxe2 {(1. Qd2xe2<S> Bb4xc3 2. Qe2-h5 Ke8-e7 3. Qh5xh7 Bc3-d4 4.
Be3xd4 e5xd4 5. Qh7-f5 ) +0.13/9 11} Bxc3 22.Qh5 {(1. Qe2-h5 Ke8-e7 2. Qh5xh7 Bc3-d4
3. Be3xd4 Qa3-f3 4. g2-g3 e5xd4 5. Rd1xd4 Ke7-f8 6. Rd4xd6 ) 0.00/10 12} Rg6
23.Qxh7 {(1. Qh5xh7 Bc3-d4 2. Rb1-c1 Rc8-c5 3. Qh7-h8 Ke8-e7 4. Be3-h6 Rg6xh6 5. Qh8xh6
Rc5xc1 6. Rd1xc1 ) +0.39/9 12} Ke7 24.g3 {(1. g2-g3 Qa3-a4 2. Qh7-h3 Qa4-c4<S> 3.
f2-f3 Ke7-f8 4. Qh3-h8 Kf8-e7 5. Qh8-h3 ) 0.00/9 25} Qa2 25.h3 {(1. h2-h3 Qa2-c4 2.
Qh7-h4 Ke7-d7 3. Rd1-c1 d6-d5 4. Rc1-d1 Kd7-c7 5. Rd1xd5 ) -0.46/9 12} b4 26.Qh5 {(1.
Qh7-h5 Qa2-c4 2. Kg1-h2 Qc4xe4 3. Qh5-e2 Qe4-c6 4. Be3-d2 ) -1.26/9 22} Qc2 27.Qh4
{(1. Qh5-h4 Rc8-c4 2. Qh4-h8 Qc2xe4 3. Be3-b6 Bc3-d4 4. Qh8-d8 Ke7-e6 ) -1.03/9 11}
Qe2 28.Kh2 {(1. Kg1-h2 a6-a5 2. g3-g4 Qe2-f3 3. Rd1-d5 Qf3xe4 4. Be3-h6 ) -1.20/9
13} b3 29.g4 {(1. g3-g4 b3-b2 2. Kh2-g3 Qe2-c4 3. f2-f3 Qc4-e2 4. Be3-f2 Ke7-f8 )
-1.25/9 15} b2 30.Kg3 {(1. Kh2-g3 Ke7-d7 2. Qh4-h7 Rc8-f8<S> 3. Qh7-h5 Kd7-c7 4. Qh5-f5
a6-a5 ) -2.02/9 12} Bb4 31.Qh5 {(1. Qh4-h5 Rc8-c4 2. Qh5-f5 Ke7-f8 3. h3-h4 a6-a5 4.
h4-h5 Rg6-g7 5. h5-h6 ) -1.48/9 21} Rc4 32.Qf5 {(1. Qh5-f5 Rc4-c2 2. Rd1-f1 Ke7-f8 3.
h3-h4 Bb4-d2 4. h4-h5 Rg6-g8 ) -2.26/9 11} Qc2 33.Qh5 {(1. Qf5-h5 Rc4-c3 2. Qh5-f5
Bb4-c5 3. Qf5-f3 Ke7-f8 4. h3-h4 Bc5xe3 5. f2xe3 ) -3.13/9 25} Rxe4 34.Qh8 {(1. Qh5-h8
f6-f5 2. Be3-b6 f5xg4 3. Qh8-d8 Ke7-e6 4. Rd1-h1 g4xh3 5. Kg3xh3 ) -7.99/9 13} f5
35.Bb6 {(1. Be3-b6 Qc2-b3<S> 2. Kg3-h2 f5xg4<S> 3. h3xg4 Re4xg4 4. Qh8-d8 Ke7-e6 5.
Bb6-e3 ) -3.38/8 10} fxg4 36.Qd8+ {(1. Qh8-d8 Ke7-e6 2. Qd8-e8<S> Ke6-f6 3. Qe8-h8<S>
Kf6-f5 4. Qh8-h5<S> Kf5-e6 5. h3-h4 Ke6-f6 6. Rd1-d5 ) -4.25/9 11} Ke6 37.Qe8+ {(1.
Qd8-e8 Ke6-f6 2. Qe8-h8<S> Kf6-f5 3. Qh8-h5<S> Kf5-e6 4. h3-h4 Qc2-b3 5. Kg3-h2 Qb3-f3
6. Kh2-g1 Ke6-f6 ) -5.69/10 32} Kf6 38.Qh8+ {(1. Qe8-h8 Kf6-f5 2. Qh8-h5<S> Kf5-e6
3. h3-h4 Qc2-b3 4. Kg3-h2 Qb3-f3 5. Kh2-g1 Ke6-f6 ) -5.69/9 5} Kf5 39.h4 {(1.
h3-h4 Qc2-b3 2. Kg3-g2 Qb3-h3 3. Kg2-g1 Re4-e2 4. Qh8-h7 d6-d5 5. Qh7xf7 Rg6-f6 )
-5.32/8 5} Qc3+ 40.Be3 {(1. Bb6-e3 Re4xe3<S> 2. Kg3-g2 Qc3-c6 3. Kg2-g1 Re3-h3 4.
Rd1-d5 Qc6xd5 5. Qh8-c8 Kf5-e4 6. Qc8-c2 Ke4-f4 7. Rb1xb2 ) -17.70/9 5} Rxe3+ 41.Kg2
{(1. Kg3-g2 Qc3-c6<S> 2. Kg2-g1 Re3-h3<S> 3. Rd1-d5 Qc6xd5<S> 4. Qh8-c8 Kf5-f4 5.
Qc8-c4<S> Qd5xc4 6. Rb1-e1<S> Bb4xe1 7. h4-h5 Qc4-e2 8. h5xg6 Qe2xf2 ) -M8/11 11} Qc6+
42.Kg1 {(1. Kg2-g1 Re3-h3<S> 2. Rd1-d5 Qc6xd5<S> 3. Qh8-c8 Kf5-f4 4. Qc8-c4 Qd5xc4 5.
Rb1-e1 Bb4xe1 6. h4-h5 Qc4-e2 7. h5xg6 Qe2xf2 ) -M7/11 12} Rh3 43.Rd5 {(1. Rd1-d5
Qc6xd5<S> 2. Qh8-c8 Kf5-f4 3. Qc8-c4 Qd5xc4 4. Rb1-e1 Bb4xe1 5. h4-h5 Qc4-e2 6. h5xg6
Qe2xf2 ) -M6/11 12} Qxd5 44.Qc8+ {(1. Qh8-c8 Kf5-f4 2. Qc8-c4 Qd5xc4 3. Rb1-e1 Bb4xe1
4. h4-h5 Qc4-e2 5. h5xg6 Qe2xf2 ) -M5/11} Kf6 45.f3 {(1. f2-f3 Rh3xh4 2. Qc8-d8
Kf6-g7 3. Qd8xh4 Qd5xf3 ) -M4/8} gxf3+ 46.Qg4 {(1. Qc8-g4 Rg6xg4 2. Kg1-f1 Qd5-d3 3.
Kf1-f2 Rg4xh4 4. Rb1xb2 Qd3-d4 5. Kf2-f1 Rh3-h1 ) -M3/6} Rxg4+ 47.Kf1 {(1. Kg1-f1
Qd5-d3 2. Kf1-f2 Rg4xh4 3. Rb1xb2 Qd3-d4 4. Kf2-f1 Rh3-h1 ) -M2/6} Qd3+ 48.Kf2 {(1.
Kf1-f2 Rg4xh4 2. Rb1xb2 Qd3-d4 3. Kf2-f1 Rh3-h1 ) -M1/3} Qe2#  {Mate} 0-1

regards.



[Anthony Cozzie]

What can I say, kingsafety still sucks If it has problems in UCI by all means lets try to fix them, however. I attached the 'b' for a reason . . I really expect to fix quite a few bugs over the next few weeks.

anthony

[WolfV]

No, no, no... I have only respect for Zappa; it's a superb and highly original piece of software. I have no idea what you've done with it, but it certainly plays chess.

I tried it on an Intel dual in UCI mode -- it didn't run properly. I set it up as UCI under the Fritz GUI but it crashed when I tried the Marathon tactics test. It crashed too when set up as a WB engine too, with 2 threads... Therefore I've been using as single with no glitches.

Zappa is currently leading against my engine 5-4 and is certainly more than 1610 can swallow, at least for the time being

King safety is an issue though, as you duly remarked (1610 diced it up soundly a couple of times). Still, my engine is a punching bag at times too, so I'd better keep quiet.

Thanks.

[Kurt Utzinger]

4. The executable runs on processors with SSE2 instruction support only
(Pentium 4, Athlon 64, Opteron, and Pentium M).

Das heisst:
Das Programm l?uft nur auf Prozessoren mitt SSE2 Unterst?tzung (Pentium 4, Athlon 64, Opteron und Pentium M).

Ich frage mich manchmal, wieso Releasenotes, Readmes usw. einfach nicht gelesen werden.

Volker

Hallo Volker
Zappa l?uft auch auf meinem P4 nicht unter
Arena, weder als WB noch als UCI.
Gruss
Kurt

[WolfV]

That's strange, your P4 must be one of the firstcomers... Runs on my dual Xeons as a single thread. No problems whatsoever. The new P4 mobile is fine for Zappa as well.

Regards.