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that would be so sweet to see Zappa crushing the fish. Since december 2005 this little stinky fish is now dominating our computer chess world and I really really would welcome a change.
If there is need of more Rybka barbecue recipes let me know
I do not predict which program is going to win.
I hope rybka but I already took enough risk to be wrong when I predicted 5.5:4.5 so I do not like to take another risk.
There will be a New Zappa Mexico released and it will be UCI. There may even be a surprise for those Linux freaks err I mean users
From Anthony:
Retirement
I put up my retirement notice on 8/2006, and at that point I stated that it would be quite some time before the next Zappa version. One year and two versions later, I feel the need to make a small explanation. When I was approached for a Zappa-Rybka match in Mexico City, I figured that I sort of owed it to sponsors to do a little work on the engine. Since I have qualifying exams this semseter, that turned out to be about 8 days of work, which means I'm still 97.8% retired. So perhaps the new statement should: retired unless receiving expense paid tournament invites to exotic locations.
After I finished, I was going to release this version for free after the match, an idea that I have been flirting with for some time. However, in the end I decided it would be silly to turn down a little free money. Also, my opening booker quit his job for a month to work on the book for the Mexico match, and I didn't want him on the streets begging for crusts of bread. A significant fraction of the proceeds go to this. I do not expect there is a big improvement between Zap!Chess Zanzibar and Zappa Mexico - perhaps 25 elo, at most 50. I simply didn't have the time to test everything, and one can only do so much in 8 days of part-time work. However, this version does have a few advantages: UCI and Linux compatible, plays legal chess moves, lowers blood pressure, and reduces global warming. Unfortunately the name is not nearly as cool (it's hard to follow Zanzibar). I wanted the Applesque "Zappa X" but was outvoted 2:1 for "Zappa Mexico", which partially makes up in clarity what it lacks in style.
Harvey Williamson wrote:There will be a New Zappa Mexico released and it will be UCI. There may even be a surprise for those Linux freaks err I mean users
From Anthony:
Retirement
I put up my retirement notice on 8/2006, and at that point I stated that it would be quite some time before the next Zappa version. One year and two versions later, I feel the need to make a small explanation. When I was approached for a Zappa-Rybka match in Mexico City, I figured that I sort of owed it to sponsors to do a little work on the engine. Since I have qualifying exams this semseter, that turned out to be about 8 days of work, which means I'm still 97.8% retired. So perhaps the new statement should: retired unless receiving expense paid tournament invites to exotic locations.
After I finished, I was going to release this version for free after the match, an idea that I have been flirting with for some time. However, in the end I decided it would be silly to turn down a little free money. Also, my opening booker quit his job for a month to work on the book for the Mexico match, and I didn't want him on the streets begging for crusts of bread. A significant fraction of the proceeds go to this. I do not expect there is a big improvement between Zap!Chess Zanzibar and Zappa Mexico - perhaps 25 elo, at most 50. I simply didn't have the time to test everything, and one can only do so much in 8 days of part-time work. However, this version does have a few advantages: UCI and Linux compatible, plays legal chess moves, lowers blood pressure, and reduces global warming. Unfortunately the name is not nearly as cool (it's hard to follow Zanzibar). I wanted the Applesque "Zappa X" but was outvoted 2:1 for "Zappa Mexico", which partially makes up in clarity what it lacks in style.
People find it hard to believe the claim that Zappa got that improvement
in that short time because programmers at that level usually work many months to get a similiar improvement.
Anthony is clearly quilty of lying or of arrogance(in case that what he claims is correct).
Note also that in case that the programmer make automatic test of the possibility to change parameters that help him later to make the program stronger then it means that he is not retired even if does not work on the engine.
Harvey Williamson wrote:There will be a New Zappa Mexico released and it will be UCI. There may even be a surprise for those Linux freaks err I mean users
From Anthony:
Retirement
I put up my retirement notice on 8/2006, and at that point I stated that it would be quite some time before the next Zappa version. One year and two versions later, I feel the need to make a small explanation. When I was approached for a Zappa-Rybka match in Mexico City, I figured that I sort of owed it to sponsors to do a little work on the engine. Since I have qualifying exams this semseter, that turned out to be about 8 days of work, which means I'm still 97.8% retired. So perhaps the new statement should: retired unless receiving expense paid tournament invites to exotic locations.
After I finished, I was going to release this version for free after the match, an idea that I have been flirting with for some time. However, in the end I decided it would be silly to turn down a little free money. Also, my opening booker quit his job for a month to work on the book for the Mexico match, and I didn't want him on the streets begging for crusts of bread. A significant fraction of the proceeds go to this. I do not expect there is a big improvement between Zap!Chess Zanzibar and Zappa Mexico - perhaps 25 elo, at most 50. I simply didn't have the time to test everything, and one can only do so much in 8 days of part-time work. However, this version does have a few advantages: UCI and Linux compatible, plays legal chess moves, lowers blood pressure, and reduces global warming. Unfortunately the name is not nearly as cool (it's hard to follow Zanzibar). I wanted the Applesque "Zappa X" but was outvoted 2:1 for "Zappa Mexico", which partially makes up in clarity what it lacks in style.
People find it hard to believe the claim that Zappa got that improvement
in that short time because programmers at that level usually work many months to get a similiar improvement.
Anthony is clearly quilty of lying or of arrogance(in case that what he claims is correct).
Note also that in case that the programmer make automatic test of the possibility to change parameters that help him later to make the program stronger then it means that he is not retired even if does not work on the engine.
Uri
Hi Uri !
Important is te engine itself.
Otherwise the world in which we lived is essential immoral.
Anthony is just a great talent and a free spirit !
The manner & the priorities in which he manages his time resources is a private problem.
Regards,
Silvian
Harvey Williamson wrote:There will be a New Zappa Mexico released and it will be UCI. There may even be a surprise for those Linux freaks err I mean users
From Anthony:
Retirement
I put up my retirement notice on 8/2006, and at that point I stated that it would be quite some time before the next Zappa version. One year and two versions later, I feel the need to make a small explanation. When I was approached for a Zappa-Rybka match in Mexico City, I figured that I sort of owed it to sponsors to do a little work on the engine. Since I have qualifying exams this semseter, that turned out to be about 8 days of work, which means I'm still 97.8% retired. So perhaps the new statement should: retired unless receiving expense paid tournament invites to exotic locations.
After I finished, I was going to release this version for free after the match, an idea that I have been flirting with for some time. However, in the end I decided it would be silly to turn down a little free money. Also, my opening booker quit his job for a month to work on the book for the Mexico match, and I didn't want him on the streets begging for crusts of bread. A significant fraction of the proceeds go to this. I do not expect there is a big improvement between Zap!Chess Zanzibar and Zappa Mexico - perhaps 25 elo, at most 50. I simply didn't have the time to test everything, and one can only do so much in 8 days of part-time work. However, this version does have a few advantages: UCI and Linux compatible, plays legal chess moves, lowers blood pressure, and reduces global warming. Unfortunately the name is not nearly as cool (it's hard to follow Zanzibar). I wanted the Applesque "Zappa X" but was outvoted 2:1 for "Zappa Mexico", which partially makes up in clarity what it lacks in style.
People find it hard to believe the claim that Zappa got that improvement
in that short time because programmers at that level usually work many months to get a similiar improvement.
Anthony is clearly quilty of lying or of arrogance(in case that what he claims is correct).
Note also that in case that the programmer make automatic test of the possibility to change parameters that help him later to make the program stronger then it means that he is not retired even if does not work on the engine.
Uri
Uri, I think you are out of order.
A chess programmer can work for months and make no real improvement, then he can work for one night and make 40 Elo. This has happened to me a number of times.
Sometimes when only working in the spare time it can help, thoughts clarify in the mind over time and suddenly a new idea to test something or try something else is triggered and sometimes it works. I worked in my spare time on Hiarcs for many years so I know this is true.
Anthony, is clearly a very talented guy and instead of taking what he says on face value you jumped to conclusions.
I say Bravo Zappa!
I thought everyone knew all us chess programmers share a cookie jar of ideas and had an agreement to only take out a new idea once a year!
So Anthony, well done, but no new versions until 2008 please as we all need time to catch up!
Harvey Williamson wrote:There will be a New Zappa Mexico released and it will be UCI. There may even be a surprise for those Linux freaks err I mean users
From Anthony:
Retirement
I put up my retirement notice on 8/2006, and at that point I stated that it would be quite some time before the next Zappa version. One year and two versions later, I feel the need to make a small explanation. When I was approached for a Zappa-Rybka match in Mexico City, I figured that I sort of owed it to sponsors to do a little work on the engine. Since I have qualifying exams this semseter, that turned out to be about 8 days of work, which means I'm still 97.8% retired. So perhaps the new statement should: retired unless receiving expense paid tournament invites to exotic locations.
After I finished, I was going to release this version for free after the match, an idea that I have been flirting with for some time. However, in the end I decided it would be silly to turn down a little free money. Also, my opening booker quit his job for a month to work on the book for the Mexico match, and I didn't want him on the streets begging for crusts of bread. A significant fraction of the proceeds go to this. I do not expect there is a big improvement between Zap!Chess Zanzibar and Zappa Mexico - perhaps 25 elo, at most 50. I simply didn't have the time to test everything, and one can only do so much in 8 days of part-time work. However, this version does have a few advantages: UCI and Linux compatible, plays legal chess moves, lowers blood pressure, and reduces global warming. Unfortunately the name is not nearly as cool (it's hard to follow Zanzibar). I wanted the Applesque "Zappa X" but was outvoted 2:1 for "Zappa Mexico", which partially makes up in clarity what it lacks in style.
People find it hard to believe the claim that Zappa got that improvement
in that short time because programmers at that level usually work many months to get a similiar improvement.
Anthony is clearly quilty of lying or of arrogance(in case that what he claims is correct).
Note also that in case that the programmer make automatic test of the possibility to change parameters that help him later to make the program stronger then it means that he is not retired even if does not work on the engine.
Uri
Uri, I think you are out of order.
A chess programmer can work for months and make no real improvement, then he can work for one night and make 40 Elo. This has happened to me a number of times.
Sometimes when only working in the spare time it can help, thoughts clarify in the mind over time and suddenly a new idea to test something or try something else is triggered and sometimes it works. I worked in my spare time on Hiarcs for many years so I know this is true.
Anthony, is clearly a very talented guy and instead of taking what he says on face value you jumped to conclusions.
I say Bravo Zappa!
I thought everyone knew all us chess programmers share a cookie jar of ideas and had an agreement to only take out a new idea once a year!
So Anthony, well done, but no new versions until 2008 please as we all need time to catch up!
Mark,I know that improvement is not proportional to time but you never said that you are retired from computer chess(and there is a difference between being retired and not working full time job on a program).
The problem is that this is the second improvement that anthony got after claiming that he is retired(the first improvement of 100 elo from paderborn to zanzibar was even more impressive).
Here is another opinion about it of George Tsavdaris
"40 ELO in a week!
Do you believe he is a magician, he is amazingly good at programming for many CPU's or that he works on Zappa more than he says....?
I believe the last 2 BTW. And while i like the 2nd, i don't like the 3rd....."
Uri
Harvey Williamson wrote:There will be a New Zappa Mexico released and it will be UCI. There may even be a surprise for those Linux freaks err I mean users
From Anthony:
Retirement
I put up my retirement notice on 8/2006, and at that point I stated that it would be quite some time before the next Zappa version. One year and two versions later, I feel the need to make a small explanation. When I was approached for a Zappa-Rybka match in Mexico City, I figured that I sort of owed it to sponsors to do a little work on the engine. Since I have qualifying exams this semseter, that turned out to be about 8 days of work, which means I'm still 97.8% retired. So perhaps the new statement should: retired unless receiving expense paid tournament invites to exotic locations.
After I finished, I was going to release this version for free after the match, an idea that I have been flirting with for some time. However, in the end I decided it would be silly to turn down a little free money. Also, my opening booker quit his job for a month to work on the book for the Mexico match, and I didn't want him on the streets begging for crusts of bread. A significant fraction of the proceeds go to this. I do not expect there is a big improvement between Zap!Chess Zanzibar and Zappa Mexico - perhaps 25 elo, at most 50. I simply didn't have the time to test everything, and one can only do so much in 8 days of part-time work. However, this version does have a few advantages: UCI and Linux compatible, plays legal chess moves, lowers blood pressure, and reduces global warming. Unfortunately the name is not nearly as cool (it's hard to follow Zanzibar). I wanted the Applesque "Zappa X" but was outvoted 2:1 for "Zappa Mexico", which partially makes up in clarity what it lacks in style.
People find it hard to believe the claim that Zappa got that improvement
in that short time because programmers at that level usually work many months to get a similiar improvement.
Anthony is clearly quilty of lying or of arrogance(in case that what he claims is correct).
Note also that in case that the programmer make automatic test of the possibility to change parameters that help him later to make the program stronger then it means that he is not retired even if does not work on the engine.
Uri
Uri, I think you are out of order.
A chess programmer can work for months and make no real improvement, then he can work for one night and make 40 Elo. This has happened to me a number of times.
Sometimes when only working in the spare time it can help, thoughts clarify in the mind over time and suddenly a new idea to test something or try something else is triggered and sometimes it works. I worked in my spare time on Hiarcs for many years so I know this is true.
Anthony, is clearly a very talented guy and instead of taking what he says on face value you jumped to conclusions.
I say Bravo Zappa!
I thought everyone knew all us chess programmers share a cookie jar of ideas and had an agreement to only take out a new idea once a year!
So Anthony, well done, but no new versions until 2008 please as we all need time to catch up!
Thanks for the nice post Mark. I agree with you about part time work
sometimes makes more progress. Working hard on a project and
taking a break once in a while can produce some nice results.
