Darky a new chess engine

on Sun Oct 21, 2012 5:37 pm by · on Sun Oct 21, 2012 5:37 pm by

Hi

I did available a weak chess engine named Darky, rated about 1600-1700 elo with source code.
It has comments in spanish and maybe it might be useful for newbies as me. biggrin

Regards.

http://chessprograms.260mb.com/

on Sun Oct 21, 2012 5:52 pm by · on Sun Oct 21, 2012 5:52 pm by

Congrats Alex.. and thanks for the new engine.

on Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:31 am by · on Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:31 am by

Just some extra info: Darky is open source (actually GPL) and based on Firstchess, so it can be useful for beginners on chess engines programming.

on Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:49 am by · on Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:49 am by

Thanks Alex.

on Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:32 am by · on Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:32 am by

Thanks to all.

Tony Mokonen fixed a bug in Darky.
Darky 0.5d is available.

Regards

on Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:01 pm by · on Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:01 pm by

Darky 05e

on Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:06 pm by · on Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:06 pm by

Does anybody have an idea as to how much stronger the latest version is yet?

on Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:54 pm by · on Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:54 pm by

@Graham Banks wrote:Does anybody have an idea as to how much stronger the latest version is yet?

By author:
Elo about 1700.

Code:: Darky is my first intent by understand as functions a chess engine. Based in FirstChess; Darky is a black cat which play chess. If you want play with a cat and win its whiskas you can get it here: Darky 0.5d download fix by Tony Mokonen. Source code is included. Elo about 1700.

http://chessprograms.260mb.com/

on Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:52 am by · on Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:52 am by

@velmarin wrote:
@Graham Banks wrote:Does anybody have an idea as to how much stronger the latest version is yet?

By author:
Elo about 1700.

Thanks Velmarin. I guess that the new version must only be slightly stronger.

on Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:42 pm by · on Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:42 pm by

Not bad defense against my gambit. smile

[pgn][Event "Blitz 15 minutes"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ahmed Kamal"]
[Black "Darky 0.5d"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[TimeControl "900"]

1. e4 {0} c5 {B 0} 2. Nf3 {2} d6 {B 0} 3. d4 {1} cxd4 {
B 0} 4. c3 {1} dxc3 {-0.20/8 45} 5. Bc4 {10 (Nxc3)} cxb2 {-1.15/8 43} 6. Bxb2 {
1} Nd7 {-1.20/8 41} 7. O-O {7 (Nc3)} e6 {-1.35/7 39} 8. Qe2 {5 (Qa4)} Ngf6 {-1.
60/7 37} 9. Rd1 {4 (Nbd2)} Be7 {-1.65/7 35} 10. e5 {9 (Nc3)} dxe5 {-1.75/8 33}
11. Nxe5 {6 (Bxe5)} Qc7 {-1.85/8 31} 12. Nxf7 {17 (Nxd7)} Kxf7 {-1.70/8 30} 13.
Qxe6+ {9} Ke8 {-1.70/8 28} 14. Re1 {13 (Qf7+)} Nb6 {-1.85/7 27} 15. Qf7+ {0}
Kd8 {-1.80/8 26} 16. Bb5 {42 (Qxg7)} Nbd5 {-2.35/7 24} 17. Nc3 {8 (Bxf6)} Bc5 {
-2.80/7 23} 18. Qxd5+ {35 (Qxc7+)} Nxd5 {-5.60/9 22} 19. Nxd5 {0} Bxf2+ {-5.80/
8 21} 20. Kh1 {5 (Kxf2)} Qf7 {-5.50/8 20} 21. Red1 {5} Be6 {-5.50/7 19} 22.
Nb6+ {77} Kc7 {-5.35/8 18} 23. Nxa8+ {5} Rxa8 {-5.25/8 17} 24. Be5+ {1} Kb6 {
-4.50/7 16} 25. Rab1 {27} Qe7 {-4.00/7 15} 26. Bd6 {94 (Bc4+)} Qf6 {-4.10/8 15}
27. Rdc1 {49 (Bd3+)} Bb3 {-4.30/7 14} 28. Bc7+ {18 (Rxb3)} Kxb5 {0.00/9 13} 29.
Rxb3+ {3} Ka6 {0.00/8 12} 30. Ra3+ {12} Kb5 {0.00/8 12} 31. Rb3+ {32} Ka6 {0.
00/8 11} 32. Ra3+ {5} Kb5 {0.00/8 11} 33. Rb3+ {33} 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

on Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:49 am by · on Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:49 am by

Cool game

on Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:22 am by · on Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:22 am by

How much is Your Fide Elo Ahmed?

on Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:02 pm by · on Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:02 pm by

No, I don't have a FIDE rating. I don't have time to play chess tournaments (plus there are no chess clubs near me).
But sometimes I play chess with my friends in the cafe (I regularly beat my 2 friends with around 2350).

on Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:04 am by · on Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:04 am by

[pgn][Event "Blitz 10 minutes"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ahmed Kamal"]
[Black "Darky 0.5d"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[TimeControl "600"]

1. e4 {0} g6 {B 0} 2. d4 {1} Bg7 {B 0} 3. Nc3 {1} d6 {B 0
} 4. Be3 {1} Nf6 {B 0} 5. f3 {1} c6 {B 0} 6. Qd2 {0} Qa5 {B 0} 7. O-O-O {1} O-O
{0.45/7 30} 8. Kb1 {0 (Nge2)} e5 {0.45/7 28} 9. g4 {2 (Nge2)} c5 {0.45/7 27}
10. d5 {8} Na6 {0.50/7 26} 11. h4 {1 (g5)} Rd8 {0.40/7 24} 12. h5 {1 (Nge2)}
gxh5 {0.35/7 23} 13. g5 {12 (gxh5)} Nd7 {0.45/7 22} 14. Qh2 {6} Nf8 {0.55/7 21}
15. Qxh5 {1} Nc7 {0.65/6 20} 16. Nge2 {24} b5 {0.60/6 19} 17. Ng3 {11} Bb7 {0.
60/6 18} 18. Nf5 {2} b4 {0.85/6 17} 19. Ne2 {32} Rd7 {0.85/6 16} 20. Neg3 {8
(Nxg7)} Re8 {0.90/6 15} 21. Nxg7 {17 (Bc4)} Kxg7 {2.85/7 15} 22. Nf5+ {1 (Qh6+)
} Kg8 {3.30/7 14} 23. Qh6 {2} Nce6 {2.90/6 13} 24. dxe6 {5} fxe6 {2.90/7 13}
25. Bc4 {16 (Nxd6)} d5 {2.20/7 12} 26. exd5 {5 (Ng3)} exf5 {1.50/7 11} 27. d6+
{14 (Qf6)} Kh8 {1.65/7 11} 28. g6 {0 (Qf6+)} b3 {0.85/6 10} 29. Bg5 {27 (Bxb3)}
Qxa2+ {-3.10/7 10} 30. Kc1 {1} Qa1+ {-2.55/7 9} 31. Kd2 {1} Qa5+ {0.40/7 9} 32.
Ke2 {3} Bxf3+ {2.80/7 8} 33. Kxf3 {12} e4+ {6.90/7 8} 34. Ke2 {5 (Kg2)} Ne6 {
7.85/7 8} 35. Bf6+ {18} Kg8 {10.70/7 7} 36. gxh7+ {7 (Rdg1)} 1-0[/pgn]

Nice picture... smile