amaanshayaan wrote:

How do you put a scratch chess bot on lichess? From what I been testing, don't you have to host the bot on your computer and use the lichess api to get it on the website?

amaanshayaan wrote:

Oh its the python api made to integrate engines into lichess bots. https://github.com/lichess-bot-devs/lichess-bot

amaanshayaan wrote:

Yeah that's why I'm asking how people are giving lichess links.

S_P_A_R_T wrote:

@ArnoHu

I've been looking around, and it looks like Killer Moves seem to be the next logical step. I'm wondering how to get the killer moves “back” in the move orderer, as well as the “replacement scheme” for the killer moves.

ArnoHu wrote:

S_P_A_R_T wrote:

@ArnoHu

I've been looking around, and it looks like Killer Moves seem to be the next logical step. I'm wondering how to get the killer moves “back” in the move orderer, as well as the “replacement scheme” for the killer moves.

I keep a list with four killer-moves entries per ply, least-recently-used ordering, and if they can be applied on the current board, give them a score of 80 centipawns plus the index of their index in the list, so most recent kill-move goes first: https://github.com/ArnoHue/scratch/blob/6ad676160f6031eafcae15df52567f927f773a4e/chess/Engine.scratch#L5040

Storing killer-moves:
https://github.com/ArnoHue/scratch/blob/6ad676160f6031eafcae15df52567f927f773a4e/chess/Engine.scratch#L1921
https://github.com/ArnoHue/scratch/blob/6ad676160f6031eafcae15df52567f927f773a4e/chess/Engine.scratch#L2000
https://github.com/ArnoHue/scratch/blob/6ad676160f6031eafcae15df52567f927f773a4e/chess/Engine.scratch#L5040

S_P_A_R_T wrote:

I just implemented Killer Moves into White Dove, and the results so far look amazing! I've been looking at GoK a lot, and I've just realised, it updates the progress bar and best move even with Warp Timer off! How does GoK achieve this?

(I also just released WD v5.1, featuring the “Killer Moves”, and also adding promotions to the PGN export feature {e - to toggle export} )

amaanshayaan wrote:

What would be the optimal pawn position advantage chart that I could use for a beta chess engine? I am not sure where to distribute the points.

birdracerthree wrote:

amaanshayaan wrote:

What would be the optimal pawn position advantage chart that I could use for a beta chess engine? I am not sure where to distribute the points.

What do you mean “pawn position advantage”? Are you referring to piece-square tables?

S_P_A_R_T wrote:

I just implemented Killer Moves into White Dove, and the results so far look amazing! I've been looking at GoK a lot, and I've just realised, it updates the progress bar and best move even with Warp Timer off! How does GoK achieve this?

(I also just released WD v5.1, featuring the “Killer Moves”, and also adding promotions to the PGN export feature {e - to toggle export} )

S_P_A_R_T wrote:

I've noticed that GoK's killer moves are updated with the “item (depth) of best move”, does this mean that if a beta-cutoff happens, it logs the current moves (which will be best), or the last best move?

ArnoHu wrote:

S_P_A_R_T wrote:

I just implemented Killer Moves into White Dove, and the results so far look amazing! I've been looking at GoK a lot, and I've just realised, it updates the progress bar and best move even with Warp Timer off! How does GoK achieve this?

(I also just released WD v5.1, featuring the “Killer Moves”, and also adding promotions to the PGN export feature {e - to toggle export} )

In noticed you can update the screen from run-without-screen-refresh custom blocks by broadcasting a message (without “wait”) and updating in the message handler.

S_P_A_R_T wrote:

ArnoHu wrote:

S_P_A_R_T wrote:

I just implemented Killer Moves into White Dove, and the results so far look amazing! I've been looking at GoK a lot, and I've just realised, it updates the progress bar and best move even with Warp Timer off! How does GoK achieve this?

(I also just released WD v5.1, featuring the “Killer Moves”, and also adding promotions to the PGN export feature {e - to toggle export} )

In noticed you can update the screen from run-without-screen-refresh custom blocks by broadcasting a message (without “wait”) and updating in the message handler.

I've tried this, and it doesn't seem to be working for me, do I need a “wait () seconds block”?

Edit: I tried using the broadcast and wait block, and it doesn't seem to affect performance! Now every new iteration at depth 1 triggers a broadcast and wait of refreshing the progress bar, which also refreshes the “thinking best move”, and the eval bar!