Sunsetter
SUNSETTER


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I am keeping this information here mainly for "historic reasons". It is nice to see what was possible to achieve in crazyhouse chess programming more than 15 years ago. But do keep in mind the results are outdated.

Results of the Crazyhouse Version

I. On chess servers

Crazyhouse Rating on Fics of the Sunsetter account: 2569 (27-Oct-2001) peak with a very unprotective formula on a piii/500. That was #1 on human and #1 on computer only best lists. Goober(C) (running Sunsetter) had the highest rating ever in crazyhouse on Fics, now taken by Indalecio (running Sunsetter): 2722 (08-Sep-2002). Project(C) was #1 on ICC for a short time.


Here is some info with games and positions from our Crazyhouse Computer Championship in the year 2000.


II. Strength && Weaknesses

Like most chess programs Sunsetter is strong at tactics in open positions while clueless at generating strategical attacks.

Here is an example of where it is good at. I was quite proud about this rated 3 0 crazyhouse match on Fics. Update: the current version finds the mate in 80 milliseconds on my Duron800.


White to move and mate.

NN - holding [ N B P P ]



Sunsetter - holding [ N B P ]


Solution: B@g6+ !!