Pro Deo 1.1 Vulcan {9k17pr}

Original posted by Eelco

This is a further development of the Vulcan personality for Ed Schroders Pro Deo, successor to the famous Rebel line. The focus in developing this personality lately has been more on reducing extensions in the hope of getting deeper plydepths. As a consequence it may not see some combinations at shallower depths but hopefully this is compensated by getting deeper and also occasionally playing better positionally because of getting deeper. The effect of blocking extensions is more clearly seen at long analysis, to be honest the personality has not yet been tested in games, mainly difficult testpositions. I am now trying to make a personality that is a bit stronger in the endgame. Learning functions were switched off for testing purposes, but can be switched on again for playing games of course. Options containing a ? instead of = are switched off.

[Personality = {9k17pr}] * Pro Deo 1.1 (February 2005)
[Pawn Value = 90]
[Knight Value = 90]
[Bishop Value = 90]
[Rook Value = 90]
[Queen Value = 95]
[My Queen = 96]
[King Safety = 170]
[Mobility = 125]
[Pawn Structure = 100]
[Passed Pawns = 110]
[Pins = 100]
[Bad Bishop = 100]
[Bishop Pair = 100]
[Chess Knowledge = 300]
[Attractiveness = 110]
[Attacking = 110]
[Strength of Play = 100]
[Draw Contempt Factor = 0.00]
[Selective Search = 100]
[Search Technique = NULLMOVE]
[Engine Master = off] off
[Engine Learner = off] off|on
[Book Learner = off] off|passive|moderate|strong|aggressive
[Position Learner = off] off|on
[Extended Book Learner = off] off|read|write|read&write
*
[Pruning = MISC_25] *
[Pruning = MISC_37] * Hash Table extension (-18%) DEFAULT
[M37_Val = 3.00] * Default unknown
[Pruning = MISC_40] *
[Pruning = MISC_52] *
[QS Margin = 6.00] * Default is 3.00
[Fail High Margin = 10.00] * Default is 9.00
[Checks Depth = 4] * Limit QS checks to 4 ply, default is 2
[Pruning = MISC_66] *
[Pruning = MISC_69] *
[Pruning = MISC_78] *
*
[Center Control = 35] *
[Bishop Mobility = 25] *
[Right to Move = 85] *
[Strong Squares = 125] *
*
[Pruning = MISC_02] *
[Pruning = MISC_03] *
[Pruning = MISC_39] *
[Pruning = MISC_08] *
[Pruning = MISC_12] *
[Pruning = MISC_76] * Rook 7th rank (new style)
[Rook 7th Rank (low) = 60] *
[Rook 7th Rank (high) = 60] *
[Pruning ? MISC_48] * No FHR pruning in QS
[Pruning = MISC_17] * Skip first extension (+30-35%)
[Pruning = MISC_10] * NULLMOVE Block first extension
[Pruning = MISC_22] * Sort root moves on nodes
[Pruning ? MISC_30] * Extend singular checks
[Pruning ? MISC_36] * Extend double attacks (W6) at the leafs
[Pruning ? MISC_28] * (2,2,1,1) >> in test <<
[Pruning = MISC_13] * Extra bonus Bishop Pair
[Pruning = MISC_27] * Eval double pawns (new style)
[Futility = 100] * Futility Pruning.
[Blitz Time Control = 120] * use more time at blitz levels
[Eternal Checks = Normal] * Algorithm to detect eternal checks
[Nullmove Margin = 2] * Reasonable range 0-16 default 0
*
[Pawn Pressure midg = 150] * weight pawn pressure middlegame
[Pawn Pressure end0 = 130] * weight pawn pressure early endgame
[Pawn Pressure end1 = 120] * weight pawn pressure endgame
[Pawn Pressure end2 = 110] * weight pawn pressure simple endgame
*
[Knight Mobility = 88] * 88
[Double Pawns = 110] * 112
[Pawn Formation = 110] * 108
[Weak Pawns = 110] * 112
[Minimum Knight Mobility = 100] * 100
[Minimum Bishop Mobility = 100] * 100
[Passed Pawn King Tropism = 100] * king tropism to own passed pawns
[Progressive Isolated Pawns = 100] * weight isolated pawns (new style)
*
[Adjusted Selectivity MIDG = 6] * Maximum selective depth (midgame)
[Adjusted Selectivity END0 = 4] * Maximum selective depth (early endgame)
[Adjusted Selectivity END1 = 4] * Maximum selective depth (endgame)
[Adjusted Selectivity END2 = 4] * Maximum selective depth (simple endgame)
*
[ANTI-GM = OFF]
[EVALUATION = SMART]
[Extensions (remaining)= 3]
[Extensions (checks)= normal] * low|moderate|normal|strong|all
[Extensions (captures)= 0]