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by simonhue
Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:56 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Borislav Ivanov ain't playing so well this time around
Replies: 29
Views: 32078

Re: Borislav Ivanov ain't playing so well this time around

In minutes ago: Still has to be confirmed officially, but there is little/zero doubt of the authenticity of this:

http://chess-db.com/public/game.jsp?id=2903741.2900017.21940736
https://www.facebook.com/groups/chessbg/482519391819417/

To Bulgarian Chess Federation,
To all tournament organizers ...
by simonhue
Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:19 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Borislav Ivanov ain't playing so well this time around
Replies: 29
Views: 32078

Re: Borislav Ivanov ain't playing so well this time around

And then back to assisted :)

http://chess-results.com/tnr91883.aspx? ... 821&snr=11

AFAIK Valeri Lilov will soon come up with another video on the topic.
by simonhue
Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:43 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Borislav Ivanov claims besting Houidni and Rybka 10-0 each
Replies: 2
Views: 1401

Re: Borislav Ivanov claims besting Houidni and Rybka 10-0 ea

He's beating Houdini 10-0 and that's why he decided to copy Houdini's first lines in Zadar - doesn't fit :)
by simonhue
Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:31 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Universal Chessbot Client V1.0 (beta)
Replies: 4
Views: 1680

Re: Universal Chessbot Client V1.0 (beta)

Nice, how universal is it? Basically you have some pluggable framework for site support, or generic OCR/dll injection function ...?
Of course, "-1" for the cheating potential, thou I wonder who and for what reason could have a motivation to cheat (as it not for money play after all).
by simonhue
Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:34 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Houdini,Rybka, on Iphone!!
Replies: 3
Views: 2022

Re: Houdini,Rybka, on Iphone!!

What would be the use of having 100 ELO points more or less on the iPhone ... Not that it won't be nice to have it, but are there usecases where somebody REALLY needs it?
I think the iPhone/iPad competition is rather around interface features (once you have something at least as good as stockfish).
by simonhue
Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:30 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Advice please on what type of Laptop or PC to buy for chess!
Replies: 9
Views: 2229

Re: Advice please on what type of Laptop or PC to buy for ch



I just bought a PC based around the 3770K processor. Yes, it's last year's tech, but it's also 1000 EUR cheaper than a 3930K.

jb

+1

On ebay (without the HDDs - assuming you want to move those to the new PC) you can get this config (3770K/32G) as cheap as 600 EUR.

If it about laptop/mobile ...
by simonhue
Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:54 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: ChessBase Seduced By The Dark Side
Replies: 8
Views: 2164

Re: ChessBase Seduced By The Dark Side

kingliveson wrote: not to mention using it on their playchess engine room, you got banned -- claiming it was an illegal program.
Looks like I have missed that entirely, do you have some links pointing to such stories? :)
by simonhue
Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:48 am
Forum: Programming and Technical Discussions
Topic: Material and exchange tendencies
Replies: 4
Views: 1893

Re: Material and exchange tendencies

Hi,

Trying to improve how material value of pieces is calculated is interesting point, I can try to rerun the analysis with Larry Kaufman's formula, or some of the others (I like Larry's approach, as it's rather practical, i.e. based on many tournament games).

The point here I believe, however is ...