LITTLE GOLIATH 2000 V2.0

[CLiebert]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: CLiebert am 28. November 1999 19:00:27:
Here are the main changes from LG2000a to LG2000 V2.0:
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LITTLE GOLIATH 2000
(ENGINE FOR FRITZ6 GUI and WINBOARD 4.0.3)
VERSION 2.0
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New (since version LG 2000a) :

- modified search algo
- redefined positional knowledge
- new mode "COMBINATION" (see GOLIATH.INI file) which finds
tactical solutions much faster. However, this mode should
be used for problem solving only, not for playing games,
where a performance drop could occur (not tested!).
- positional knowledge can be switched off (see GOLIATH.INI)
- better time handling in cases where few time is left
(important: when using LG under the Fritz GUI I recommend to
use a time level with increment, because LG has no information
about the opponents clock which sometimes results in bad results
against the native engines at blitz levels. This problem
doesn't appear when running under Winboard 4.0.X).
- "setboard" command (for use with EPD2DIAG) with a small
modification
- new Winboard commands "sd" (search depth), "st" (search time)
and ICS "wild" (wild 7). See Winboard documentation for explanation.
- more informations in Winboard's analyze-mode

More Infos at www.computerschach.de/forum (german).

[Volker Pittlik]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Volker Pittlik am 28. November 1999 21:25:34:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: LITTLE GOLIATH 2000 V2.0 geschrieben von:/posted by: CLiebert am 28. November 1999 19:00:27:

More Infos at www.computerschach.de/forum (german).

OK, I have read that stuff. Good to know that there is another program which is _not_ public available so far. As is written there this program _maybe_ is available when you buy the next issue of a magazine. Nice.
Sorry Christian I'm a little bit bored about the following stuff:
- Look at our great tournament, 50 % of the the engines are _not_ free
- Look at my great website. My programm will be ready for download next month, next month, next month...
This is not the "Spirit of WinBoard". From my point of view everything should be free and public available - without any payment.
Volker

[Pete Galati]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Pete Galati am 28. November 1999 21:57:11:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Re: LITTLE GOLIATH 2000 V2.0 geschrieben von:/posted by: Volker Pittlik am 28. November 1999 21:25:34:

More Infos at www.computerschach.de/forum (german).

OK, I have read that stuff. Good to know that there is another program which is _not_ public available so far. As is written there this program _maybe_ is available when you buy the next issue of a magazine. Nice.
Sorry Christian I'm a little bit bored about the following stuff:
- Look at our great tournament, 50 % of the the engines are _not_ free
- Look at my great website. My programm will be ready for download next month, next month, next month...
This is not the "Spirit of WinBoard". From my point of view everything should be free and public available - without any payment.
Volker

I'd have to agree, Winboard programs need to be free, it's too easy for us to ignore the ones that cost money because there's too many great Winboard program free for downloading.
There are allot of good commercial programs available, but most of what they offer are features in their interfaces that can't be found in Winboard. For the most part though they are only stronger than the best Winboard engines by a small margin.
Pete

[CLiebert]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: CLiebert am 28. November 1999 23:43:18:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Re: LITTLE GOLIATH 2000 V2.0 geschrieben von:/posted by: Pete Galati am 28. November 1999 21:57:11:

More Infos at www.computerschach.de/forum (german).

OK, I have read that stuff. Good to know that there is another program which is _not_ public available so far. As is written there this program _maybe_ is available when you buy the next issue of a magazine. Nice.
Sorry Christian I'm a little bit bored about the following stuff:
- Look at our great tournament, 50 % of the the engines are _not_ free
- Look at my great website. My programm will be ready for download next month, next month, next month...
This is not the "Spirit of WinBoard". From my point of view everything should be free and public available - without any payment.
Volker

I'd have to agree, Winboard programs need to be free, it's too easy for us to ignore the ones that cost money because there's too many great Winboard program free for downloading.
There are allot of good commercial programs available, but most of what they offer are features in their interfaces that can't be found in Winboard. For the most part though they are only stronger than the best Winboard engines by a small margin.
Pete

OK. I got your point and will respect it. No problem.
Frank, I would like you to delete this message from here.
Christian

[Volker Pittlik]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Volker Pittlik am 29. November 1999 00:20:40:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Re: LITTLE GOLIATH 2000 V2.0 geschrieben von:/posted by: CLiebert am 28. November 1999 23:43:18:

OK. I got your point and will respect it. No problem.
Frank, I would like you to delete this message from here.
Christian

Sorry, I'm the only one who is able to delete something here. Frank will be added when it's supported by Parsimony.
Den Rest kannst Du auch auf Deutsch per privater Mail schreiben. Ich lösche hier eigentlich nur Sachen, die wirklich krass daneben sind: Kettenbriefe, persönliche Beleidigungen, automatische Weiterleitungen auf andere Seiten, Sachen, die wirklich rein gar nichts mit Winboard, Computerschach oder zumindest Schach oder Computern zu tun haben. Nur, weil es nicht meine Meinung ist, lösche ich nichts.
Volker