Some tests with Polyglot (date 2004-06-04)

[Volker Pittlik]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 12:41:47:

I'll post some results of test here I'm doing with the new version of Polyglot.
I'll concentrate on UCI-only engines. I already tested some engine which
supports Winboard but I'll stop that now. Those which can't use or doesn't have
an own book will use Bookthinker too.
Setup: For every engine using Polyglot I have a directory of its own with a copy
of Polyglot inside. If Bookthinker is used there is also a copy of Bookthinker
and of the thinker.dat in it. Bookthinker is renamed to "Bookthinker+{name of
the engine} to avoid confusion. The polyglot.ini directs to the directory of the
corresponding engine.
If Bookthinker is in use I recommend to add /firstProtocolVersion=1 and
/secondProtocolVersion=1 in the adaquate lines of the winboard.ini.
Otherwise Bookthinker complains about version2 commands and that
will confuse Polyglot and everything stops.
I don't use /-reuse, /-reuse2.
Only problem so far: List. It somehow terminates:
8/4K2B/7P/8/8/5k2/8/8 w - - 0 103 (List is white)
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "VPITTLIK"]
[Date "2004.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bookthinker+List-512"]
[Black "Bookthinker+Fruit-10"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Bf4 Bb6 14. a4
Qd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Nfd4 b4 18. Bd3 bxc3 19. Bb5 Nxf2 20.
Rxf2 Nxd4 21. Bxd7 Nxb3 22. bxc3 Ra1 23. Qxa1 Nxa1 24. Bc6 Be4 25. c4 Nc2
26. Bd2 Ne3 27. Bxe3 Bxe3 28. cxd5 Bd4 29. Kf1 Bxe5 30. g3 f5 31. Ra2 Bd6
32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Bc5+ 34. Kd2 Bb4+ 35. Kc1 Bd6 36. Kb2 Be5+ 37. Kb3 Bd3
38. Ra8 f4 39. gxf4 Bxf4 40. Kc3 Bf5 41. h4 Be5+ 42. Kc4 Bf6 43. Ra7 Be5
44. Ra3 Ke7 45. Re3 Kd6 46. Rf3 Bg6 47. Rf2 Bh5 48. Ra2 Bf6 49. Rh2 Be5 50.
Rf2 Bf6 51. Rg2 Bf3 52. Rg3 Be2+ 53. Kb4 Bh5 54. Bb7 Be2 55. Rh3 Bd4 56.
Rh2 Bg4 57. Kc4 Bf6 58. Bc6 Bf3 59. h5 Be5 60. Rh3 Bg4 61. Rh4 Be2+ 62. Kb4
Bf3 63. Kc4 Be2+ 64. Kb4 Bd1 65. Rh3 Bg4 66. Rh4 Be2 67. Rh3 Bd4 68. Bb7
Be5 69. h6 g5 70. Re3 Bg4 71. Ra3 Be2 72. Ra8 Bd3 73. Rd8+ Ke7 74. Rg8 Kf6
75. Bc8 Bf4 76. Rg7 Ke5 77. Kc5 Be3+ 78. Kc6 Be4 79. Kxc7 Bd2 80. Re7+ Kd4
81. d6 Ba5+ 82. Kb8 Bb4 83. Re6 g4 84. d7 Ba5 85. Bb7 Bc2 86. Kc8 Bd3 87.
d8=Q+ Bxd8 88. Kxd8 Bc2 89. Re2 Bd3 90. Re7 Bc2 91. Kc7 Bd3 92. Rg7 Ke5 93.
Rxg4 Bf5 94. Rg7 Bd3 95. Kd7 Bb5+ 96. Ke7 Bd3 97. Bc8 Be4 98. Rg5+ Kd4 99.
Bf5 Bf3 100. Bxh7 Ke3 101. Rg3 Ke2 102. Rxf3 Kxf3
*
and scrambles the PGN. Using /-reuse... has no influence on this.
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "VPITTLIK"]
[Date "2004.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "SOS-4"]
[Black "Bookthinker+List-512"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8.
Bxg5 Nc6 9. h3 e5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Rg1 Be6 12. Qf3 a5 13. O-O-O a4 14. Nc5
a3 15. b3 Nd4 16. Nxe6 Nxf3 17. Nxd8 Nxg1 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxb7 Nxh3 20.
Bxh3 Rxh3 21. Nd5 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 Kd7 23. c4 Rah8 24. c5 Rh1 25. Kc2 Rxd1 26.
Kxd1 dxc5 27. Nxc5+ Kd6 28. Nd3 Rc8 29. Nb6 Rc3 30. Nb4 Kc5 31. N6d5 Rc1+
32. Ke2 Rb1 33. Nc2 Rb2 34. Nb4 Be7 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. f3 Ke6 37. Kd3 Bxb4 38.
Nxb4 f5 39. exf5+ Kxf5 40. Kc4 Rf2 41. Kb5 g5 42. Nc6 Rxf3 43. b4 g4 44.
Ka6 Rf2 45. b5 Rxa2 46. Kb6 Rb2 47. Ne7+ Ke6 48. Nc6 g3 49. Kb7 g2 50. Nd8+
Kd6 51. Nf7+ Ke7 52. Ng5 g1=Q 53. Kc6 Qd4 54. Ne6 Qd7+ 55. Kb6 Rxb5+ 56.
Ka6
*

Engines which are working without error here so far are:
Shredder-704Fruit-10 andSOS-4
Volker

[Günther Simon]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Günther Simon at 07 April 2004 12:47:31:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Some tests with Polyglot (date 2004-06-04) geschrieben von:/posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 12:41:47:

I'll post some results of test here I'm doing with the new version of Polyglot.
I'll concentrate on UCI-only engines. I already tested some engine which
supports Winboard but I'll stop that now. Those which can't use or doesn't have
an own book will use Bookthinker too.
Setup: For every engine using Polyglot I have a directory of its own with a copy
of Polyglot inside. If Bookthinker is used there is also a copy of Bookthinker
and of the thinker.dat in it. Bookthinker is renamed to "Bookthinker+{name of
the engine} to avoid confusion. The polyglot.ini directs to the directory of the
corresponding engine.
If Bookthinker is in use I recommend to add /firstProtocolVersion=1 and
/secondProtocolVersion=1 in the adaquate lines of the winboard.ini.
Otherwise Bookthinker complains about version2 commands and that
will confuse Polyglot and everything stops.
I don't use /-reuse, /-reuse2.
Only problem so far: List. It somehow terminates:
8/4K2B/7P/8/8/5k2/8/8 w - - 0 103 (List is white)
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "VPITTLIK"]
[Date "2004.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bookthinker+List-512"]
[Black "Bookthinker+Fruit-10"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Bf4 Bb6 14. a4
Qd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Nfd4 b4 18. Bd3 bxc3 19. Bb5 Nxf2 20.
Rxf2 Nxd4 21. Bxd7 Nxb3 22. bxc3 Ra1 23. Qxa1 Nxa1 24. Bc6 Be4 25. c4 Nc2
26. Bd2 Ne3 27. Bxe3 Bxe3 28. cxd5 Bd4 29. Kf1 Bxe5 30. g3 f5 31. Ra2 Bd6
32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Bc5+ 34. Kd2 Bb4+ 35. Kc1 Bd6 36. Kb2 Be5+ 37. Kb3 Bd3
38. Ra8 f4 39. gxf4 Bxf4 40. Kc3 Bf5 41. h4 Be5+ 42. Kc4 Bf6 43. Ra7 Be5
44. Ra3 Ke7 45. Re3 Kd6 46. Rf3 Bg6 47. Rf2 Bh5 48. Ra2 Bf6 49. Rh2 Be5 50.
Rf2 Bf6 51. Rg2 Bf3 52. Rg3 Be2+ 53. Kb4 Bh5 54. Bb7 Be2 55. Rh3 Bd4 56.
Rh2 Bg4 57. Kc4 Bf6 58. Bc6 Bf3 59. h5 Be5 60. Rh3 Bg4 61. Rh4 Be2+ 62. Kb4
Bf3 63. Kc4 Be2+ 64. Kb4 Bd1 65. Rh3 Bg4 66. Rh4 Be2 67. Rh3 Bd4 68. Bb7
Be5 69. h6 g5 70. Re3 Bg4 71. Ra3 Be2 72. Ra8 Bd3 73. Rd8+ Ke7 74. Rg8 Kf6
75. Bc8 Bf4 76. Rg7 Ke5 77. Kc5 Be3+ 78. Kc6 Be4 79. Kxc7 Bd2 80. Re7+ Kd4
81. d6 Ba5+ 82. Kb8 Bb4 83. Re6 g4 84. d7 Ba5 85. Bb7 Bc2 86. Kc8 Bd3 87.
d8=Q+ Bxd8 88. Kxd8 Bc2 89. Re2 Bd3 90. Re7 Bc2 91. Kc7 Bd3 92. Rg7 Ke5 93.
Rxg4 Bf5 94. Rg7 Bd3 95. Kd7 Bb5+ 96. Ke7 Bd3 97. Bc8 Be4 98. Rg5+ Kd4 99.
Bf5 Bf3 100. Bxh7 Ke3 101. Rg3 Ke2 102. Rxf3 Kxf3
*
and scrambles the PGN. Using /-reuse... has no influence on this.
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "VPITTLIK"]
[Date "2004.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "SOS-4"]
[Black "Bookthinker+List-512"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8.
Bxg5 Nc6 9. h3 e5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Rg1 Be6 12. Qf3 a5 13. O-O-O a4 14. Nc5
a3 15. b3 Nd4 16. Nxe6 Nxf3 17. Nxd8 Nxg1 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxb7 Nxh3 20.
Bxh3 Rxh3 21. Nd5 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 Kd7 23. c4 Rah8 24. c5 Rh1 25. Kc2 Rxd1 26.
Kxd1 dxc5 27. Nxc5+ Kd6 28. Nd3 Rc8 29. Nb6 Rc3 30. Nb4 Kc5 31. N6d5 Rc1+
32. Ke2 Rb1 33. Nc2 Rb2 34. Nb4 Be7 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. f3 Ke6 37. Kd3 Bxb4 38.
Nxb4 f5 39. exf5+ Kxf5 40. Kc4 Rf2 41. Kb5 g5 42. Nc6 Rxf3 43. b4 g4 44.
Ka6 Rf2 45. b5 Rxa2 46. Kb6 Rb2 47. Ne7+ Ke6 48. Nc6 g3 49. Kb7 g2 50. Nd8+
Kd6 51. Nf7+ Ke7 52. Ng5 g1=Q 53. Kc6 Qd4 54. Ne6 Qd7+ 55. Kb6 Rxb5+ 56.
Ka6
*

Engines which are working without error here so far are:
Shredder-704Fruit-10 andSOS-4
Volker

Hi Volker,
Would you please test Delphimax too? I find it still hanging
with WBTM, or opening multiple GUI windows in a multi match
under WB. (I suppose it is because DelphiMax comes with own
GUI, which is launched in every game)
Best regards,
Günther

[Fabien Letouzey]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Fabien Letouzey at 07 April 2004 12:49:15:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Some tests with Polyglot (date 2004-06-04) geschrieben von:/posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 12:41:47:

Setup: For every engine using Polyglot I have a directory of its own with a copy
of Polyglot inside. If Bookthinker is used there is also a copy of Bookthinker
and of the thinker.dat in it. Bookthinker is renamed to "Bookthinker+{name of
the engine} to avoid confusion. The polyglot.ini directs to the directory of the
corresponding engine.
Only problem so far: List. It somehow terminates:
and scrambles the PGN. Using /-reuse... has no influence on this.

I am not very familiar with NTFS (never use FAT32 unless you can't avoid it), but can symbolic links (.LNK files?) be used to avoid duplicating POLYGLOT.EXE and CYGWIN.DLL?
This is clearly a bug in List, and I am not sure I want to add work-around code for it.
Fabien.

[Fabien Letouzey]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Fabien Letouzey at 07 April 2004 12:54:57:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Some tests with Polyglot (date 2004-06-04) geschrieben von:/posted by: G�nther Simon at 07 April 2004 12:47:31:

Hi Volker,
Would you please test Delphimax too? I find it still hanging
with WBTM, or opening multiple GUI windows in a multi match
under WB. (I suppose it is because DelphiMax comes with own
GUI, which is launched in every game)
Best regards,
G�nther

In special cases such as this one it might be useful to send me some documentation, just in case it helps me anticipating new problems.
If there is a readme.txt, that's exactly the sort of thing I could be looking for.
Fabien.

[Volker Pittlik]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 13:06:22:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Some tests with Polyglot (date 2004-06-04) geschrieben von:/posted by: Günther Simon at 07 April 2004 12:47:31:

...

Hi Volker,
Would you please test Delphimax too? I find it still hanging
with WBTM, or opening multiple GUI windows in a multi match
under WB. (I suppose it is because DelphiMax comes with own
GUI, which is launched in every game)

I've never used that thing before, but I have the same problems. I tested it in Arena and it chrashed it too. Strange...

Volker

[Volker Pittlik]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 13:37:44:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Some tests with Polyglot (date 2004-06-04) geschrieben von:/posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 12:41:47:

[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "VPITTLIK"]
[Date "2004.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bookthinker+Alfil-403-1"]
[Black "Bookthinker+Fruit-10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6
8. O-O Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8 13. Bxa6 Re8
14. Bd3 Bd6 15. g4 h6 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rb1 Bxb2 18. Rg1 Be5 19. Rxb8 Rxb8
20. h4 Bh2 21. Rg2 Bf4 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nh7 24. Qc1 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rb1+
26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Qa5 28. g6 fxg6 29. Qd4 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Nf6 31. a4 d5
32. f3 Nh5 33. Qc5 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qd2+ 35. Kf1 Nf4 36. Qd6 Kh7 37. exd5 cxd5
38. Qa3 d4 39. Qb3 Nh3 40. Be2 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Nf4+ 42. Kf2 Qd2 43. Qb5 d3 44.
cxd3 Qxe2+ 45. Kg3 e5 46. Qxe5 Qxe5 47. d4 Qxd4 48. a5 Ne2+ 49. Kg2 Qg1+
50. Kh3 Qg3#
{Black mates} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "VPITTLIK"]
[Date "2004.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bookthinker+Fruit-10"]
[Black "Bookthinker+Alfil-403-1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 h5 13. g3 Na5 14. b3
Nc6 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. Rhf1 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qc5 18. Rf3 Bg7 19. c3 a5 20. h4 O-O
21. Rd3 b4 22. c4 f5 23. exf5 a4 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. f5 e5 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27.
Ne6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 axb3 29. axb3 Rc6 30. Qg5 Rf6 31. Qxh5+ Bh6 32. Qe8+ Bf8
33. g4 Rc7 34. g5 Re7 35. Qd8 Rff7 36. Bxf7 Rxf7 37. Qe8 Rxf5 38. Rxd6 Rf4
39. Rh6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Rf7 41. Rg6+ Bg7 42. Rd8+ Qf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Qc8+
Ke7 45. Re6#
{White mates} 1-0
No problems observed.
Volker

[Volker Pittlik]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 13:42:31:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Some tests with Polyglot (date 2004-06-04) geschrieben von:/posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 12:41:47:

It is looking for a mscoree.dll. That file is neither on my harddrive nor on their website.
I'm not motivated to search for it.
Volker

[Volker Pittlik]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 14:18:24:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Some tests with Polyglot (date 2004-06-04) geschrieben von:/posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 12:41:47:

[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "VPITTLIK"]
[Date "2004.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bookthinker+Alfil-403-1"]
[Black "piranha-05"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qb3 a5 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Rd8 10. Qh5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qc6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Ng5 Qg6
14. Qxg6 hxg6 15. e3 Be6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Bc4 Re7 18. Rb1 b6 19. O-O Nd7
20. Bd5 Rae8 21. Bc6 Rd8 22. c4 Nf6 23. a4 Re6 24. Bf3 g5 25. Rfd1 g4 26.
d5 Red6 27. Be2 Ne4 28. Rd3 f5 29. Rb2 Nc5 30. Ra3 Rh6 31. Bd3 g6 32. Rb5
Rd7 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34. Rb3 Rdh7 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7 Rxh2 37. Rxc7+ Kf6 38.
Rc6+ Kg5 39. Kf1 Rb7 40. Kg1 Rbh7 41. Kf1 Rb7 42. Bc2 Rh1+ 43. Ke2 Ra1 44.
Kd3 Rb2 45. Kc3 Rba2 46. Kb3 Rxa4 47. Rxc5 R4a3+ 48. Kb2 R3a2+ 49. Kb3 a4+
50. Kc3 Rc1 51. Kb4 Rcxc2 52. f4+ Kh6 53. d6 Rxg2 54. d7 Rgb2+ 55. Ka5 Rd2
56. Rd5 Rdb2 57. d8=Q Rb7 58. Rd6 Kh7 59. Qh4+ Kg8 60. Rd8+ Kg7 61. Qh8+
Kf7 62. Qf8+ Ke6 63. Rd6#
{White mates} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "VPITTLIK"]
[Date "2004.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "piranha-05"]
[Black "Bookthinker+Alfil-403-1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
O-O d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Ng5 h6 14.
Nh3 Ng4 15. f3 Ngf6 16. Nf2 Bd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. d5 Bc5 20. Be3
Bb4 21. Bd2 Qc7 22. Re3 Bc5 23. Rf3 Be2 24. Rf5 Bg4 25. b4 Bd4 26. Rxf6
Nxf6 27. Rc1 Bd7 28. Qd3 Ng4 29. Nd1 Qxc1 30. Bxc1 Rxc1 31. Bf1 Rxd1 32.
Qxd1 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bxg3 34. Qf3 Bf4 35. h3 Ne3 36. Ba6 f5 37. h4 fxe4 38.
Qxe4 Bh3 39. Kg1 Bf5 40. Qh1 e4 41. Bb7 Bg3 42. Ba6 Bc8 43. Bb5 Rf4 44. Qg2
Nxg2 45. Kxg2 Bxh4 46. Kh1 e3 47. a3 Bg4 48. d6 Bf3+ 49. Kg1 Rd4 50. Ba4 e2
51. Bb3+ Kh8 52. Kh2 e1=Q 53. Bc2 Qh1#
{Black mates} 0-1
No errors observed.
Volker

[Volker Pittlik]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 14:20:03:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Some tests with Polyglot (date 2004-06-04) geschrieben von:/posted by: Volker Pittlik at 07 April 2004 12:41:47:

It requires MS .net runtime. I have no time to install it today.
Volker