CCRL Discussion Board

Well, as I've stated, Norman Schmidt doesn't seem actually to be anonymous. As for the "other reasons," it seems to me that I am duty-bound to treat the man and his engine with respect, unless someone shares with me the reasons why I should feel otherwise. I can't just pile on in order to ...

I should add that the first tourney was 4 minute with 2 second increment, and the second is 10-minute with a five second increment. All engines using a very small book (around five half-moves). I think I forgot to turn book learning off, but with such a small book it hardly matters. . .

Nonetheless Firebird (the 64-bit version, set to run on four threads, all engines given 1024 Mb hash) has beaten the equivalent versions of Rybka, Rybka Human, Naum 4.1, Stockfish and a few others in the first one and a half tourneys I've run. This would suggest that it is stronger, rather than equa...

On second thought--isn't it Yakov Golyadkin, who says he was born Norman Schmidt? The info seems to be at http://www.cyclonechess.com/kranium.htm . He claims to have received death threats from the "extreme right computer chess establishment." Which sounds a bit extreme. But then, lunacy a...

Interesting. Now that I look I guess I don't see any particular individual claiming authorship. Admittedly this is not a good sign. . .

Hi, I'm Alan-- I haven't been a particularly careful tester of engines in the last couple of years, but I'm still a fan of chess and of computer chess in particular. I'm no programmer either, so I don't have an educated opinion on the subject--I was wondering if anyone here has an opinion about the ...