(OT) Question to Heinz regarding Jonny under the Fritz GUI

[Olivier Deville]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Olivier Deville at 15 April 2004 07:42:11:

Dear Heinz,
The author of Jonny recommends using the adapter coming inside the Jonny package instead of Wb2Uci, when Jonny runs under the Fritz GUI.
Did you use the adapter or Wb2Uci for your tests, and to you plan to make comparative tests between these 2 ways of running Jonny ?
Olivier


ChessWar

[Heinz van Kempen]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Heinz van Kempen at 15 April 2004 11:10:31:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: (OT) Question to Heinz regarding Jonny under the Fritz GUI geschrieben von:/posted by: Olivier Deville at 15 April 2004 07:42:11:

Dear Heinz,
The author of Jonny recommends using the adapter coming inside the Jonny package instead of Wb2Uci, when Jonny runs under the Fritz GUI.
Did you use the adapter or Wb2Uci for your tests, and to you plan to make comparative tests between these 2 ways of running Jonny ?
Olivier

Hi Olivier,
I used Wb2UCI because I had bad experiences with a ChessBase adapter that we used some years ago and that gave some disadvantage to Winboard engines. But elsewhere I read yesterday that this adapter delivered in the Jonny package should work well.
I will write to Johannes and ask if he prefers to use the ChessBase adapter for the second series with Nunn positions 11 to 20 starting tomorrow. What anyway works fine are the settings to include in the ini file proposed for different hashsizes in the file "Beispielsettings" that came with Jonny 2.62. Jonny plays well in Nunn Active B with 256 MB (time control 20 min. + 10 sec).
Do you have some test results for Jonny versions with different adapters or hashsettings or do you ask because of the oncoming Chess War matches for Jonny?
I have also a question to you regarding LambChop 10.99, as I see that it participates in Chess War. LambChop 10.88 is working fine for me, but version 10.99 exceeds time limits in most games even with increment. I have the following Wb2UCI for LC 10.88
LambChop 10.88 wb
[ENGINE]
Name=LambChop 10.88 WB
Author=Peter McKenzie, New Zealand
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe
[OPTIONS]
Program=Chop.exe -xboard
TerminateHard=true
Hash=64
InitString=setresign 0
Edit=edit
OwnBook=true
ShowThinkingMove=true
Ponder=false
Logfile=true
Visible=Ponder,Hash,ShowThinkingMove,Logfile,OwnBook,Extras,WhiteScore
I just saw that Claude proposes in his new wbconfig files simply the following:
[ENGINE]
Name=LambChop 10.99 W2U
Author=Peter McKenzie, New Zealand
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe
[OPTIONS]
Program=Chop1099.exe -hash 60
TerminateHard=true
On the other hand LambChop 10.99 is mentioned amongst those engines that do not work well under Fritz by Le Fou.
You can also write an email if you prefer.
Best Regards
Heinz

[Olivier Deville]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Olivier Deville at 15 April 2004 12:43:36:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: (OT) Question to Heinz regarding Jonny under the Fritz GUI geschrieben von:/posted by: Heinz van Kempen at 15 April 2004 11:10:31:

Dear Heinz,
The author of Jonny recommends using the adapter coming inside the Jonny package instead of Wb2Uci, when Jonny runs under the Fritz GUI.
Did you use the adapter or Wb2Uci for your tests, and to you plan to make comparative tests between these 2 ways of running Jonny ?
Olivier

Hi Olivier,
I used Wb2UCI because I had bad experiences with a ChessBase adapter that we used some years ago and that gave some disadvantage to Winboard engines. But elsewhere I read yesterday that this adapter delivered in the Jonny package should work well.
I will write to Johannes and ask if he prefers to use the ChessBase adapter for the second series with Nunn positions 11 to 20 starting tomorrow. What anyway works fine are the settings to include in the ini file proposed for different hashsizes in the file "Beispielsettings" that came with Jonny 2.62. Jonny plays well in Nunn Active B with 256 MB (time control 20 min. + 10 sec).
Do you have some test results for Jonny versions with different adapters or hashsettings or do you ask because of the oncoming Chess War matches for Jonny?
I have also a question to you regarding LambChop 10.99, as I see that it participates in Chess War. LambChop 10.88 is working fine for me, but version 10.99 exceeds time limits in most games even with increment. I have the following Wb2UCI for LC 10.88
LambChop 10.88 wb
[ENGINE]
Name=LambChop 10.88 WB
Author=Peter McKenzie, New Zealand
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe
[OPTIONS]
Program=Chop.exe -xboard
TerminateHard=true
Hash=64
InitString=setresign 0
Edit=edit
OwnBook=true
ShowThinkingMove=true
Ponder=false
Logfile=true
Visible=Ponder,Hash,ShowThinkingMove,Logfile,OwnBook,Extras,WhiteScore
I just saw that Claude proposes in his new wbconfig files simply the following:
[ENGINE]
Name=LambChop 10.99 W2U
Author=Peter McKenzie, New Zealand
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe
[OPTIONS]
Program=Chop1099.exe -hash 60
TerminateHard=true
On the other hand LambChop 10.99 is mentioned amongst those engines that do not work well under Fritz by Le Fou.
You can also write an email if you prefer.
Best Regards
Heinz

Thanks Heinz for your answer I had no time at all to compare Jonny with adapter and Jonny with Wb2Uci. Johannes asked me to use the adapter for the tournament games, and I'm happy to learn that this new adapter works well. If somebody has time, it would be interesting to compare the new adapter and Wb2Uci.
LambChop works without problem here with Wb2Uci (of course in UCI mode you'll get losses on time). My settings :
[ENGINE]
Name=LambChop 10.99
Author=Peter McKenzie, Nouvelle-Zélande
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe
[OPTIONS]
Program=chop1099.exe -hash 80
LevelExtend=Strict
TerminateHard=true
Visible=Ponder,Hash,Logfile
Olivier


ChessWar

[Heinz van Kempen]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Heinz van Kempen at 15 April 2004 12:51:36:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: (OT) Question to Heinz regarding Jonny under the Fritz GUI geschrieben von:/posted by: Olivier Deville at 15 April 2004 12:43:36:

Thanks Heinz for your answer I had no time at all to compare Jonny with adapter and Jonny with Wb2Uci. Johannes asked me to use the adapter for the tournament games, and I'm happy to learn that this new adapter works well. If somebody has time, it would be interesting to compare the new adapter and Wb2Uci.
LambChop works without problem here with Wb2Uci (of course in UCI mode you'll get losses on time). My settings :
[ENGINE]
Name=LambChop 10.99
Author=Peter McKenzie, Nouvelle-Zélande
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe
[OPTIONS]
Program=chop1099.exe -hash 80
LevelExtend=Strict
TerminateHard=true
Visible=Ponder,Hash,Logfile
Olivier

Dear Olivier,
thanks. So I can use LambChop 10.99 now in the next tournaments.
Best Regards
Heinz

[Olivier Deville]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Olivier Deville at 15 April 2004 14:49:13:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: (OT) Question to Heinz regarding Jonny under the Fritz GUI geschrieben von:/posted by: Heinz van Kempen at 15 April 2004 12:51:36:

Thanks Heinz for your answer I had no time at all to compare Jonny with adapter and Jonny with Wb2Uci. Johannes asked me to use the adapter for the tournament games, and I'm happy to learn that this new adapter works well. If somebody has time, it would be interesting to compare the new adapter and Wb2Uci.
LambChop works without problem here with Wb2Uci (of course in UCI mode you'll get losses on time). My settings :
[ENGINE]
Name=LambChop 10.99
Author=Peter McKenzie, Nouvelle-Zélande
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe
[OPTIONS]
Program=chop1099.exe -hash 80
LevelExtend=Strict
TerminateHard=true
Visible=Ponder,Hash,Logfile
Olivier

Dear Olivier,
thanks. So I can use LambChop 10.99 now in the next tournaments.
Best Regards
Heinz

However, I can't remember if the -hash command is working or not... I took it from Leo's site, but I should check this again.
Of course, if the author is reading, it would be fine to fix this free version
Olivier


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