Whose the Bot? two roughly 1400 rated players ones a bot, ones not...
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Download the Required Software:
- Download Sid vs PC from SourceForge.
- Download Maia from GitHub.
- Download Leela Chess Zero (LCZero) from here.
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Organize Your Files:
- Create a convenient folder to store all downloaded files.
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Install Sid vs PC:
- Install Sid vs PC by following the installation instructions on its website.
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Copy LCZero Files:
- Copy all the files from the LCZero download into the "maia_1500" folder, which should be located at:
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C:\Scid vs PC-4.24\bin\engines\maia_1500
- Copy all the files from the LCZero download into the "maia_1500" folder, which should be located at:
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Delete Unnecessary File:
- Inside the "maia_1500" folder, delete the "791556.pb.gz" file if it exists.
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Create "model_files" Folder:
- Inside the "maia_1500" folder, create a new folder named "model_files."
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Copy Maia Model:
- Copy the "maia-1500.pb.gz" file from your convenient folder into the "model_files" folder you created in Step 6, which should be located at:
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C:\Scid vs PC-4.24\bin\engines\maia_1500\model_files\
- Copy the "maia-1500.pb.gz" file from your convenient folder into the "model_files" folder you created in Step 6, which should be located at:
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Add Maia to Sid vs PC:
- Open Sid vs PC.
- Go to Tools > Analysis Engines.
- Click "New."
- Enter the following information:
- Name: Maia-1500
- Command: Browse and select "C:\Scid vs PC-4.24\bin\engines\maia_1500\lc0.exe"
- Directory: C:\Scid vs PC-4.24\bin\engines\maia_1500
- Protocol: UCI
- Configure UCI Options: In the "UCI Options" window, find the "WeightsFile (<Autodiscover>)" option and change "<autodiscover>" to:
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C:\Scid vs PC-4.24\bin\engines\maia_1500\model_files\maia-1500.pb.gz
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Start Maia in Sid vs PC:
- Close and reopen Sid vs PC.
- When it opens, a command pop-up should appear. In the command, type:
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set ::uci::goCommand "go depth 1"
- It should confirm that it's working by repeating the command or giving an error.
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Configure Engine Settings:
- In Sid vs PC, go to Tools > Analysis Engines.
- Set the maximum ply depth (1-5), and check the "Show Arrows" box.
- If you're only playing chess and not running many programs simultaneously, leave the "Low CPU Priority" box unchecked.
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Start Analyzing:
- Click "Start" on the bottom right of the Sid vs PC main program
- It should display something like:
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[+1.01] Depth: 1 Nodes: 0K (0 kn/s) Time: 0.01s NPS: 0 Hash: ---- Load: ---- TB hits: 0 Current: (0/0)
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Use Opening Books and Endgame Tablebases:
- To use opening books, you can create your own or download from resources like Chess Stack Exchange.
- Endgame tablebases require substantial storage space, so if you have 18TB of hard drive space, you can download them from here.
I have Played a bot in a game of Chess based of Maia Bot they are similair rated my guess within 50 elo of each other... lifetime i have a 6-4 record against the bot, But I have created my Own Maia engine at the 1000, 1400 and 1800 level so i can play it at my leisure and Create my own database of games versus the average human... Yup you read that right... Maia bot has a correlation higher than any other Engine ever created compared with humans of the same rating. So whose the Bot? I will release a youtube video proving who is the bot after some discussions if anyone wants to guess...